Laser Tracking in manchester area

Roadster22i · Post by **Roadster22i** » Sat 13 Feb, 2010 14:03

Anyone know a good laser tracking specialist in the manhester area?

zedder3 · Post by **zedder3** » Mon 15 Feb, 2010 15:58

could try this site: http://www.alignmycar.co.uk

let me know if you do use one from here as I will be doing this sometime in the near future

maurice the martian · Post by **maurice the martian** » Mon 15 Feb, 2010 17:04

Hi Zedder
thanks for the info.just rang a garage in denton they charge £75-00+vat.
spoke to a place in oldham £40-00+vat. sounds the same service. so i`ve booked my Z in for thursday morning.in oldham.let you know how i go on.

zedder3 · Post by **zedder3** » Mon 15 Feb, 2010 19:09

excellent! pays to ring around a bit then!

let me know how you get on

maurice the martian · Post by **maurice the martian** » Thu 18 Feb, 2010 14:58

Hi all.
Took the Z in today for the laser alignment check.at drury lane services oldham lancs 0161 688 7882.great service and help/advice.ended up costing £80-00+vat. £40-00.for the check and a print out with ,easy to understand diagrams.and £40-00 for the adjustments.However mine showed up that the front passenger side wheel and the rear driver side wheel that the camber is out of the tolerances as of the bmw spec.ie both the wheels are leaning in at the top .As the is no adjustment for this ,it`s something i will have to live with,unless someone out ther knows different?.the car drives o/k no wandering or pulling to one side etc If i had not had the check done i wouldn`t have known about this .Sometimes ignorance is bliss.ps had the car 6 months with new tyres on. done 1000mls no sign of tyre wear yet.Would i use this service again? Yes. it costs more than standard tracking, but it is a far more accurate method and details faults with alignment.

zedder3 · Post by **zedder3** » Thu 18 Feb, 2010 19:21

nice one maurice - thanks for the update. sounds like something worth doing!

sorry, i don't know anything about your problem - hopefully someone will be able to help you..

Mitchell · Post by **Mitchell** » Thu 18 Feb, 2010 20:58

If your camber is out it is not something that can be addressed by getting the tracking done on the rear wheels, which you have already stated. I had a similar problem on mine as it was noticable the camber on one rear wheel was more than on the other wheel.

I ended up getting the 'trailing arm' (I can't remember if it was called this) replaced with a new one and it was not cheap!

So if the wear on the tyres isn't that bad and it drives o.k. I would just leave it as it is.

maurice the martian · Post by **maurice the martian** » Thu 18 Feb, 2010 21:21

Hi Mitchell.
Thanks for the input,went under the car today with the mechanics,checked this out (i call it the swinging arm-same thing)all bushes and mounting brackets seem o/k no signs of any damage,but i was thinking this arm unit may be the cause also.So at the moment i`ll live with it,but will be on the lookout for a reasonably priced unit.
Many thanks Maurice