Cost of an aligement...

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03-24-2004, 05:54 PM

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Were suspension parts moved?"Within specs"&"Custom"are very different.I sit in the car for mine

...to compensate for driver's weight. Checking if car is within specs verses a complete re-alignment to custom specs is a vastly different process.

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03-24-2004, 06:03 PM

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Rayco in Kingston. Saw a GT-2 there the other day. Oddly, Porsche Cup Racers come to my Bosch guy-

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in Phila, do a search "Woodlawn". An Aw'er I know Andy Heldin took his Imola S4 strait from the dealer to my Bosch place for a coilover set. He seemed really pleased and he is quite knowledgable. As far as thew Porsche Cup cars, yeah they have a bump-steer suspension too.

Looks like Rayco currently has a 930S and a 933 in-stock.<ul><li><a href="http://www.raycoeuro.com/html/autos.html">http://www.raycoeuro.com/html/autos.html</a</li></ul>

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03-24-2004, 06:05 PM

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They probally did nothing, and that's best. I would never let a %$@# shop touch my Audi.

I've been a victim of stripped alignment bolts at a crappy ASE shop due to the fact the alignment bolts were eccentric, and the "tech" used an air ratchet on them. Bolt was $14, installation was an hour at the dealer, and a re-alignment. Oh, well at least I meet the tech there who refered me to the Bosch Centre.

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03-24-2004, 06:09 PM

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What you guys are getting is more of an alignment "check".They are not capable of much more on an A4

Trust me. If the toe and caster are fine, their job is done, no suspension parts have to me moved. A full re-alignment takes 2-2.5 hours. "Virtual Axis" steering geometry is awesome, but not for amatuers.

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