Just got my soob aligned today down in bloomington by Jeff Forss a.k.a. The Alignment Guy. Did an excellent job at a reasonable price. http://www.Thealignmentguy.com
60 bones... but he did a little extra adjusting on my camber bolts. So you could prob get it done for a little less. I got his name from dis here forum and saw that someone got theirs done for 40 bones.
Got my done for $40, he only did some adjustment under the front wheels. My steering wheels been STRAIGHT and stayed that way eversince. He's a cool guy. Knows what he's doing. A+ for Jeff
Hey thats more than fair, considering the proceeds go to a local shop, to help a dude who know his stuff.
His prices will beat anything out there, and his work is top notch. But his prices do vary depending on the complexity of the job at hand, and to what tolerances you want your alignment done. Within factory specs will always be cheaper than getting it to within 0.10* of the hardcore specs you provide. Stuart.
Oh, I don't know. The guy that works for me doing alignments is one of the best around. We do all kinds of cars and trucks. Straight thrust alignments, 4 wheel alignments, lowered vehicles, big wheels,.... Centerline Truck & Auto on Buerkle Road off of Hiway 61. Custom alignments are no problem here. 651-487-9492 Howie
Another bump for Jeff, The Alignment Guy! He did my alignment this past fall and did a terrific job and a fun guy to BS with while fightin with my alignment! -Marc
He'll do anything, but his price depends on the car, the suspension on the car, so DO NOT GO SPOUTING "OMG XXXXX GOT IT DONE FOR $40!!!!!!1!1" It WILL vary on amounts of rust, suspension on it, how exact you want it, all that good stuff. He is a great guy tho. A+
Jeff is doing my car for the autocross season on Saturday. The best part is that if you want something aggressive, he can do it for you whereas most of the corporate places will just put it to factory spec. I'm going for -2.5 front camber, -1.5 rear camber and 1/4" toe out in the rear.
Jeff is good, one might even say he works miracles... but getting -2.5 out of a stock STi would take an act of an even higher power. Front camber maxes out around -1, maybe a touch more if you are lucky. Rear is not adjustable. (well, you can loosen the bolts and pull on the wheels to try to free up a tenth or something.) But 1.5 is typical for the rear anyway. 1/4" toe out sounds agressive, might eat up your tires pretty quick. But I'd be curious to hear how it feels for you.
My completely stock suspension pulled to -1.7 (for both, one maxed at -2.0) last spring easily. If I got an extra set of camber bolts I could have done much more.
^ you have a WRX, right? I don't know that that necessarily applies to the STi. Obviously with aftermarket bolts anything is possible.
I said I was going for, didn't say he would be able to make it happen! Those are the numbers I would like to hit, but if I cannot get that close, then I'll take what I can get. I know the stock rear spec is -1.5, so I don't know that he'll have to make a change there, but the front needs to be moved. As for the toe, I am not worried if I have to replace my tires at the end of the season, the plan is to buy new each summer anyway.
I'm just pissed that even after 4 years of having the STi here, Subaru still couldn't figure out that 1° is woefully inadequate... I mean, all it would take is for them to notch out that strut hole another couple mm.
Yeah, 1 degree is all you'll get if you are lucky. Typical seems to be around the .8 mark. Jeff does great work but be aware he does charge more to do custom specs. Obviously the more he has to tweak the more time it takes.
Why not just get another set of camber bolts and run them in the top and bottom. They're cheap, and if you get even .5 more, it'll help a large amount.
had my supra done wed. AWD cars are always going to be more expensive, but he's still better and cheaper than most everywhere... he's worked at some of the high-end shops in town and easily cuts their costs in half! wouldn't trust anybody else with a car thats had modified suspension... bump for Jeff!
Heh, I know the same guy. He'd probably punch me in the balls if I asked for a free alignment. :laugh:
call him, he's a lil slower on emails. just call and if he's there he usually picks up, otherwise leave a mess and he'll get back to you next time he's in the shop.
He has adjusted my BC Racing coilovers twice, done two alignments with corner-balance. Absolute best prices around hands down. Don't forget the corner-balance- he throws in sand bags to equal your weight and adjusts the suspension accordingly. A++ work
I called 6 times on Monday. He finally picked up on #6. Scheduled for next week. He is seriously busy this time of year. Summer cometh.
yeah, i scheduled him for a full align and corner weight a few weeks from now way back in Feb. he kind of looked at me weird, wanting to sched that far out... but i knew this was going to happen.
He hooked up the scoob last weekend, didn't take him too long and while I was there, at least 2 other people showed up. I also pulled in immediately after another car pulled out, so he's scooting right along.
His client base is largely racers and autocrossers, so right now is his busiest time of the year. Everyone prepping their cars for the season. Plus they're spending their tax refunds too
THIS. I try to bring my street cars in during the "off season." I'd like to think it keeps some of the heat off him in the Spring/Summer and evens out his income throughout the year.
Jeff just did the alignment on my forester yesterday. Nice work, straight as an arrow and my steering wheel feels 100% better.
The alignment went well. Was cheap to boot. Yay camber! He did my wife's car too, she's also happy. Not sure he'd ever had a Lincoln on his lift before though HA!
