$300 alignment?!

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eleanor'03

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I installed sports springs myself last winter and i finally decided to do my alignment done this week. A buddy of mine who helped do some body work recommended a repair/performance shop that could do alignment with new C&C plates, which i bought, because they are needed when lowering a car. They wanted to charge me 250 for it and i thought that was crazy but i was fed up and couldnt find neone around me to do it so i said fine. The price came out to be 300 bucks! cause of the time spent to do it. Is it j/ me or is that price ridiculous and i should disgrace their name to everyone?

 

03ghoststang

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WTF $300 for an alignment that is ridiculous when i installed the eibach springs and C/C plates on my brothers 5.0 we only got charged $30

 

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03ghoststang said:

WTF $300 for an alignment that is ridiculous when i installed the eibach springs and C/C plates on my brothers 5.0 we only got charged $30

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mity2

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my aligment was expensive, but still was $60

 

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i get my alignments for $25

 

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bdcardinal

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did they install the plates for you? they probably charged you hourly to install them. which C/C plates did you get? if they were one of the 4 bolt ones and it was their first time doing it, i could see how they would charge that much.

 

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that's alot, i was quoted around an avg. of 60 bucks and thought that was high.

 

DropTopPony

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damn, i got an alignment and oil change for 75.

 

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My last alignment was $59 and was guaranteed for six months or 6000 miles from Sears Automotive. However, I do not recommend Sears Automotive, I do not go there anymore

Anyway, I could see spending $300 for an alignment if it was a really good alignment on a special machine made specifically for lowered cars...

Did they give you a printout of your final specs? Did they tell you how out of spec you were before they aligned it?

 

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For $300 you could have gotten a lifetime alignment on 2 different cars. You got raped.

 

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eleanor'03 said:

cause of the time spent to do it.

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sounds like you got charged by the hour insted of the job.

droptopponynj said:

damn, i got an alignment and oil change for 75.

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pansy, do your own oil

Green Flea said:

For $300 you could have gotten a lifetime alignment on 2 different cars. You got raped.

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go back to school boy.

 

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eleanor'03

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bdcardinal said:

did they install the plates for you? they probably charged you hourly to install them. which C/C plates did you get? if they were one of the 4 bolt ones and it was their first time doing it, i could see how they would charge that much.

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yea it was the 4 bolt and they did charge me hourly...it was a raping

 

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bdcardinal

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well they had to remove the struts to install the plates. then drill the hole. so they charged you labor to remove the struts, then probably added another hour maybe hour and a half to for the C/C plate install. they had to bust out the rivets from the factory(takes a couple minutes, but they probably have a flat rate for that).

 

BlueRuckus

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So should I feel bad about paying $100 for Steeda to do my alignment?
I figuered, they do mustangs all day, everyday. They gotta be able to do it better than then the next guy. No?

 

Red35th

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Firestone has a lifetime alignment for $100. At least I think they are still offering that.

With Dallas roads you have to get one pretty much every season.

 

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Red35th said:

Firestone has a lifetime alignment for $100. At least I think they are still offering that.

With Dallas roads you have to get one pretty much every season.

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Firestone still has that offer but I think it went up to $135.

 

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Kilgore Trout said:

My last alignment was $59 and was guaranteed for six months or 6000 miles from Sears Automotive. However, I do not recommend Sears Automotive, I do not go there anymore
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How come you don't recommend Sears Automotive?

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