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johnnychainsaw
Member Since: 24 Nov 2009
Location: West Sussex
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Having some work done next week to disco steering arms and bushes replaced. My local mechanic spoke to dealer when ordering parts and they told him I will need to have alignment carried out after work and only they can do it. Is this true. I had new tyres fitted six months ago by large tyre fitting Co near Basingstoke and they carried out alignment for me, they had all the gear and seemed to know what they were doing and charged less than half what stealer has quoted. Advice needed please
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 27th Aug 2010 10:45 pm |
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johnnychainsaw
Member Since: 24 Nov 2009
Location: West Sussex
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Ok didn't get any advice on forum so rang around to get advice from various sources. Land Rover dealers say you should get it done by them because they know what they are doing, when I mentioned this to a large independent wheel and tyre specialist they laughed and told me that their local L/R dealer uses their services for wheel alignment. So my advice to anyone is go to a well set up independent wheel and tyre company, thats unless you want to be robbed by your dealer
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| 4th Sep 2010 7:49 pm |
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Lookers Park Royal
Member Since: 29 Nov 2008
Location: London
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That's a bit of a generalisation 'get robbed'.
To be fair a good wheel alignment specialist will be able to carry out the work, however you may find that your local franchised dealer can get it carried out for less.
Lazer four-wheel alignment is quite an investment. Although we have the biggest Jaguar/Land Rover aftersales facility in Europe, we still elect to sub-contract our alignment work.
James 
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| 4th Sep 2010 8:00 pm |
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johnnychainsaw
Member Since: 24 Nov 2009
Location: West Sussex
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Don't understand what point you're making. If my L/R dealer quote £250 for alignment and independent company do it for less than £100 and the dealer tells you only they can do it and then asks independent co to carry out work. To me that's wrong and dishonest.
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| 4th Sep 2010 10:59 pm |
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caverD3
Member Since: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
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Just needs to be put in geometry set ( tight tolerence) mode first, this can be done by dealer or with autologic or faultmate. If the mechanic has autologic he should be able to do that. Then it can be aligned as normal.
Not putting it in geometry set mode and doing the alignment can work but will not be as accurate, After major work i would suggest getting it done properly. “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
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| 5th Sep 2010 3:48 am |
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Chicken Duck
Member Since: 11 Nov 2009
Location: Italy
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Lookers Park Royal wrote:That's a bit of a generalisation 'get robbed'.
James
My dealer "robbed" me  . Charged me £200 and after couple of month new tyres on front started wearing same as before  . Took it to garage were they had the hunter equipment it was way out and they sorted it for £87 .They called me over to the machine to show me how much it was out. So Thats why they call em stealers EDIT= Spelt stealer wrong
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| 5th Sep 2010 9:45 am |
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ZacSmith
Member Since: 26 Aug 2010
Location: Dover
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£250 is robbery. Just had mine done for £90 by Matford in Exeter. It's worth driving to Devon for a day out for that.
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| 6th Sep 2010 9:56 am |
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Lookers Park Royal
Member Since: 29 Nov 2008
Location: London
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ZacSmith wrote:Just had mine done for £90 by Matford in Exeter.
Thanks Zac this was my point! It depends on what dealer you go to. In fairlness we can do it for £100 for a forum member if in conjunction with a service or other work.
James
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| 6th Sep 2010 10:07 am |
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ZacSmith
Member Since: 26 Aug 2010
Location: Dover
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My pleasure James. SWMBO is bringing our Disco3 into you tomorrow at 10am for a rear PDC diagnosis and fix, so I look forward to your fabled good value and service. 
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| 6th Sep 2010 4:57 pm |
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Lookers Park Royal
Member Since: 29 Nov 2008
Location: London
Posts: 301
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Zac,
No problem, PM me your surname (Smith perhaps  ) and reg and I'll make sure it gets you get looked after.
James
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| 6th Sep 2010 5:00 pm |
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ZacSmith
Member Since: 26 Aug 2010
Location: Dover
Posts: 709
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Ta. PM sent.
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| 6th Sep 2010 5:06 pm |
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Lookers Park Royal
Member Since: 29 Nov 2008
Location: London
Posts: 301
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Got it!
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| 6th Sep 2010 5:22 pm |
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johnnychainsaw
Member Since: 24 Nov 2009
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 1222
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Had alignment carried out today by tyre co near Basingstoke not much adjustment needed and was only charged £29.50 very professional service with no strings attached.
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| 6th Sep 2010 10:00 pm |
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redjelly5000
Member Since: 18 Jul 2008
Location: Rugby
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I've had this done twice now, both after major suspension work, bushes etc, and at first, Kwik Fit said there was no such thing as 4 wheel alignment, which shows how well they know their business, then another large local tyre co said they had 4 wheel alignment equipment, so I took it to them, and they did their worst, but it turned out to be just a super tracker, which although it had a set of scales hung on the rear wheels, was really only a laser tracker.
My LR independent then pointed me towards a local body shop, who had the full works. Amazing full 4 wheel alignment gear, and they allowed me to watch the whole process, adjustments on all four corners, and my LR guy dropped it into tight tolerances before they started. They were brilliant. One of their guys was very well trained in every aspect of the software etc, I got a printout at the end, and all for £50.
It's well worth checking out the specialist bodyshops, as they have to have this equipment, to straighten up wrecked cars etc, but make sure it is proper 4 wheel computer alignment. D3 TDV6 HSE 2008 Buckingham Blue (current)
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