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alignment knock outs
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:15 am
by gmcsasquatch
Hey guys, I put took the van to the shop for an computerized alignment as I can't do that myself. They quoted me $75. They call me an hour later and say that they have to remove the knock outs to align everything correctly. Suddenly the price jumps from $75 to $300 something. What's the deal. How hard is it to knock out some metal esp if it was designed to be removed?
Re: alignment knock outs
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:18 am
by MountainManJoe
They would have to remove the upper control arms and get in there with an air chisel, but I don't see it taking 2 hrs either. Do it yourself.
Re: alignment knock outs
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:08 pm
by gmcsasquatch
Well I was at home when they called me about the knock outs, so I didn't want to have to call someone, get a ride to the shop, take her back home and drive it to my friends house who has the necessary tools just to tap out the knock outs. Oh well, I overpaid.
On the plus side, my van has never driven so good. Gone is the tire scuffing when I turn sharply. I tough replacing the tie rods would fix that problem, but it wasn't until I got a proper alignment that all the scuffing nonsense was resolved.