What did you do to your Supra today?

[Olser]

I "modified" one of my wheels on a Minnesota pothole yesterday.

Luckily it was my cheap winter set, but still a bad afternoon. I'm thinking I should get an alignment next week.

 

[Nikko]

Nikko is that an old Cutlass under that car cover?!

Yes sir - good eye! 1972 442 Convertible. My parents were the original owners of it.

 

[Mason]

Yes sir - good eye! 1972 442 Convertible. My parents were the original owners of it.

your garage is nicer than my house fyi

 

[Jambo]

Look it to the pub for a pint of cider

 

[zrk]

Look it to the pub for a pint of cider

Found the brit.

 

[stretch200]

I added some super expensive mods! ? I also hardwired my radar detector and dashcam.

 

[SupraGR21]

$220 for the alignment and $165 for a corner balancing. Total was $360 after a membership discount.

It's on the higher side, but they do real good work with some high end and rarer cars.

Edit: $500 is ridiculously high though. Depending on shop, you should be somewhere between $100-$250.

Yea Toyota quoted me that, some bs about high tech machines and car needing to be reprogrammed with alignment service every time.

 

[TheBayA90]

Yea Toyota quoted me that, some bs about high tech machines and car needing to be reprogrammed with alignment service every time.

I was also quoted high on an alignment. About $340 with a reprogramming needed.
Anyone here run into problems after getting an alignment from an independent shop?

 

[razorlab]

Yea Toyota quoted me that, some bs about high tech machines and car needing to be reprogrammed with alignment service every time.

Total BS.

I align my Supra with string and metal rods. Perfectly fine. You'll actually find GT car racing teams doing it this way as well.

 

[puzzled]

@razorlab wow.. I did not know people still did this. Good for you, it's a lot of work but definitely a fun tuning device!

 

[razorlab]

@razorlab wow.. I did not know people still did this. Good for you, it's a lot of work but definitely a fun tuning device!

Yup, like I said, GT race teams, Porsche Racing teams, other teams still do it this way. Of course they also have fancy $$$$ caster plates and hub mount setups so you can align without the wheels on and have it at ride height still.

Once you understand how it works and set it up correctly it actually doesn't take very long. For small adjustments, it maybe takes me an hour or so. When I completely redid the suspension with coilovers and SPL bits it took me a couple hours to set everything. Now it's under an hour for adjustments.

Measuring camber is even easier. I just use a straight edge level that spans the wheel and a $35 digital angle gauge to read camber.

 

[suicidaleggroll]

I was also quoted high on an alignment. About $340 with a reprogramming needed.
Anyone here run into problems after getting an alignment from an independent shop?

I’ve had two alignments done by an independent BMW/VW performance shop with no issues. It was about $140 each time.

 

[puzzled]

Yup, like I said, GT race teams, Porsche Racing teams, other teams still do it this way. Of course they also have fancy $$$$ caster plates and hub mount setups so you can align without the wheels on and have it at ride height still.

Once you understand how it works and set it up correctly it actually doesn't take very long. For small adjustments, it maybe takes me an hour or so. When I completely redid the suspension with coilovers and SPL bits it took me a couple hours to set everything. Now it's under an hour for adjustments.

Measuring camber is even easier. I just use a straight edge level that spans the wheel and a $35 digital angle gauge to read camber.

I get you man. I use to do it myself long time ago when I use to mod my suspension all the time. Honestly raising the car up each time to get my pumpkin head under there to make adjustments was a hassle, but as you said, well worth it given the suspension compresses to its operating position with some push-down. Some progressive rate springs would just not push back so only used this technique on linear spring cars.

I guess thrust angle was something I couldn't really check afterwards as some cars are tweaked from the factory. Anyway good stuff.

 

[razorlab]

I get you man. I use to do it myself long time ago when I use to mod my suspension all the time. Honestly raising the car up each time to get my pumpkin head under there to make adjustments was a hassle, but as you said, well worth it given the suspension compresses to its operating position with some push-down. Some progressive rate springs would just not push back so only used this technique on linear spring cars.

I guess thrust angle was something I couldn't really check afterwards as some cars are tweaked from the factory. Anyway good stuff.

A good byproduct of the plastic tiles I spruced up the garage with is that I can do toe adjustments with the car still at ride height, loaded up. Camber adjustments obviously I have to raise the car up to adjust. The nice thing about this setup I have is that it attaches to the car so when I drop the car back down and move it back and forward to settle it, I don't have to re-setup everything!

 

[Patina]

I "modified" one of my wheels on a Minnesota pothole yesterday.

Luckily it was my cheap winter set, but still a bad afternoon. I'm thinking I should get an alignment next week.

Damn, for a second I thought these were the factory forged wheels and wondered if you had actually hit a crater instead of a pothole. An impact that bad, you should definitely get an alignment ASAP for safety sake, even a curb strike from parking can/will knock the alignment.