Make the long story short, this morning, I went to pick up my car from a shop for alignment. They told me that they can not do alignment for my car and here is the result.

They will do realign for me as soon as I can replace the driver upper ball joint and the rear camber kit. Here is what they charge me ( of course, I did not have enough money)

What do you guys think ? Also the parts are ordered from the nearest Acura dealer. My car has 70000 mileages.

 

The TL has negative camber from the factory in the rear. I currently have aspec suspension with -1.8 in the rear. I barley get any wear on my rear tires due to toe being adjusted to zero.

You can check if theres any play in your ball joint by jacking up the front and moving the wheel from side to side. There should be very little play if they are still good. Try getting a second opinion at another shop.

 

Highway robbery. They should be able to adjust your toe. How low is your car?

 

My car is stock, nothing has been done to the suspension yet.

 

Take it to another shop to check and the adjustable parts, ball joint and camber kit can't be purchased from Acura, at least the dealers I know.

Sould not have any problems with 70k, anything heavy in trunk, original owner?

 

Nothing heavy in the trunk, and i'm second owner ( bought it used ). I do alignment for my car since the Discounttire found out that my inner front tires wore down to the the metal after about a year. If they can not purchased from dealer, where did they get parts and price from ? Weird .
Edit: I will try another shop asap.

 

Wow, Leo!

I'm sorry that you got charged that much. they took advantage of you.

 

Thank for worry about me, Justin. I'm still lucky that I know AZ

 

Jesus F@#k! They just raped you man.... Take to another shop.

 

So was that amount a quote or you actually paid?

 

It's just a quote but I did have to pay for car wash and alignment since I got $100 voucher ( that's why i come there ).They can not do alignment but if the problem is fixed accord to them, they will align again for free. I forget to state that in the beginning.

 

Just go somewhere else. What side of town are you in? I got to a shop off Airline off 45. About an hour from me but my shit gets done right.

 

I live near i10 and eldridge, any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

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Only problem I see with your "after" settings is more FL camber than FR. Have a real mechanic figure out what the problem is there. Perhaps the subframe has shifted towards the drivers side. Perhaps you have a bad ball joint or bushing somewhere. Otherwise your car is good to drive as is.

BTW: Alignment shops always have THE WORST price on parts. Firestone tried to charge me $120 for 1 lower ball joint on my Civic (part price only). At that time the ball joints were only $35 straight from the Honda dealership.

 

Thanks guys for giving me advices.I took my car to another shop today. Luckily, nothing need to replace. I have to pay for alignment again but at least not a grand .

 

Were they able to get everything aligned properly?

 

any update? i'm looking for a good alignment shop

 

you know your rear camber spec being -1.8 is pretty darn close to being safe/suitble to drive with very little uneven tire wear.

 

They were out of ink yesterday. I will come back today to get the alignment paper spec. I will post it as soon as i get the paper. They said it was alignment back to manufactory spec and everything is fine as they check them. I defenitely never go to autocheck # 2 again, the one i found $100 voucher on yelp.