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s3xrapt0r · 09-23-2013, 12:06 AM

i work at firestone be careful with the lifetime alignments... if you do any front end work your self and i mean ANYTHING it will void it... we had this issue with a customer the other day who lowered his car.. so dont mention "i just did tie rods" or "im an inch lower" at the counter.. those service reps are there to screw you lol

also be careful and watch the techs.. what alot of techs do when they get lifetime re-alignments on their hook they move the heads so it comes out green.. normal alignements pay us 1 hour and the re-aligns for the lifetimes pay a .6 so they try to beat the system... just helping out other mr2 guys.. im a tech and i do all the tricks lmao

Madlife · 09-23-2013, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by kevinl

This is a common problem for MR2's because all the weight is in the back, look into the front fender flaps or lowering the car

Car is on TRD springs, Bilstein HD struts. I did just get the flaps that go in front of the front wheels. I need to get them on.

Erik@R/TTuning · 09-23-2013, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by s3xrapt0r

i work at firestone be careful with the lifetime alignments... if you do any front end work your self and i mean ANYTHING it will void it... we had this issue with a customer the other day who lowered his car.. so dont mention "i just did tie rods" or "im an inch lower" at the counter.. those service reps are there to screw you lol

also be careful and watch the techs.. what alot of techs do when they get lifetime re-alignments on their hook they move the heads so it comes out green.. normal alignements pay us 1 hour and the re-aligns for the lifetimes pay a .6 so they try to beat the system... just helping out other mr2 guys.. im a tech and i do all the tricks lmao

I can't tell you how many times we get people that come in after a fresh chain store alignment hating their car and the specs are WAY out of whack.

s3xrapt0r · 09-23-2013, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Erik@R/TTuning

I can't tell you how many times we get people that come in after a fresh chain store alignment hating their car and the specs are WAY out of whack.

yup ! im not shocked at all.. we had a guy at our store who would align a car print out 5 copies and put them in his box so next time the same model car came in he would act like he was aligning it, take the paper out of his box and pass it off as done.. he had a huge stack of pretty much every common car.. ALOT of shady **** happens at these shops.

Foolinaround · 09-23-2013, 07:16 PM

Before I started in one of my shops we had a tech who would pull next to the tall curb and turn the wheel into it until it straightened the wheel.

s3xrapt0r · 09-23-2013, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Foolinaround

Before I started in one of my shops we had a tech who would pull next to the tall curb and turn the wheel into it until it straightened the wheel.

seems legit to me hahaha

Erik@R/TTuning · 09-24-2013, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Foolinaround

Before I started in one of my shops we had a tech who would pull next to the tall curb and turn the wheel into it until it straightened the wheel.

Wow. Just...wow.

Foolinaround · 09-24-2013, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by s3xrapt0r

seems legit to me hahaha

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erik@R/TTuning

Wow. Just...wow.

He'd go on test drives and do it so no one saw; come in put it on the rack roll it around walk around under it and then lower it down and it came out green. Someone spotted him one day on a test drive doing it and he was fired and we replaced about 13 cars steering racks

kevinl · 09-29-2013, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Foolinaround

He'd go on test drives and do it so no one saw; come in put it on the rack roll it around walk around under it and then lower it down and it came out green. Someone spotted him one day on a test drive doing it and he was fired and we replaced about 13 cars steering racks

This is terrifying

kevinl · 01-30-2014, 08:01 PM

Widebody · 01-30-2014, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by kevinl

This is the first time I logged on in over 6 months. Crazy!

08SubieWrx · 02-18-2014, 09:08 AM

Anybody know who this is?

RIP

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?se...cal&id=9435846

lasthope05 · 02-18-2014, 10:40 AM

It's one of my friends. Just found out not too long ago.

Foolinaround · 02-18-2014, 12:44 PM

RIP Victor

09-23-2013, 12:06 AM	#301
s3xrapt0r Tri-State Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sewell NJ Member #13537 My Ride: 1988 Toyota MR2 N/A iTrader: (0)	i work at firestone be careful with the lifetime alignments... if you do any front end work your self and i mean ANYTHING it will void it... we had this issue with a customer the other day who lowered his car.. so dont mention "i just did tie rods" or "im an inch lower" at the counter.. those service reps are there to screw you lol also be careful and watch the techs.. what alot of techs do when they get lifetime re-alignments on their hook they move the heads so it comes out green.. normal alignements pay us 1 hour and the re-aligns for the lifetimes pay a .6 so they try to beat the system... just helping out other mr2 guys.. im a tech and i do all the tricks lmao __________________ 1988 Toyota MR2: Low and Slow 2003 Mitsubishi Outlander AWD: The Daily 1993 Honda Prelude JDM h23a bluetop: Used as a lawn gnome Last edited by s3xrapt0r; 09-23-2013 at 12:10 AM.

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Foolinaround TST Ruined My Life! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: McGuire AFB Member #9448 My Ride: 2016 GTI SE w/PP/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III iTrader: (2)	Before I started in one of my shops we had a tech who would pull next to the tall curb and turn the wheel into it until it straightened the wheel. __________________ -John C-17 Loadmaster DenOfDebauchery

02-18-2014, 09:08 AM	#312
08SubieWrx Tri-State Aficionado Join Date: Apr 2008 Member #7435 iTrader: (0)	Anybody know who this is? RIP http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?se...cal&id=9435846 __________________ 91 Miata - Turbo build 99.9% complete 08 Wrb Wrx - Sold ... To buy a house! MT.Net build thread ---> To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. Last edited by 08SubieWrx; 02-18-2014 at 10:04 AM.

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Foolinaround TST Ruined My Life! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: McGuire AFB Member #9448 My Ride: 2016 GTI SE w/PP/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III iTrader: (2)	RIP Victor __________________ -John C-17 Loadmaster DenOfDebauchery

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kevinl Tri-State Aficionado Join Date: May 2011 Location: Hatfield/Philly Member #20962 My Ride: 96 328is 92 mr2 95 S10 iTrader: (0)

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