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Tracking!!! GULP!!
« on: 21 May 2012, 15:31 »
Went to get my tracking done thinking it be £30 job done, turns out only one place in my area can do it, Due to me lowering my car and having to be on a machine ETC. so gave the guys a ring and its £31 per camber. am i to assume i only have two cambers? or does the mk3 have more? need to know how much im looking at.
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Re: Tracking!!! GULP!!
« Reply #1 on: 21 May 2012, 15:50 »
>and its £31 per camber
bizare way of pricing it.  As far as I know the mk3 is 0'degree camber on all four wheels by design.

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Re: Tracking!!! GULP!!
« Reply #2 on: 21 May 2012, 16:24 »
Went to get my tracking done thinking it be £30 job done, turns out only one place in my area can do it, Due to me lowering my car and having to be on a machine ETC. so gave the guys a ring and its £31 per camber. am i to assume i only have two cambers? or does the mk3 have more? need to know how much im looking at.

very odd way of pricing it.. I'd look elsewhere and look into a garage a bit of a distance away. garage near me does tracking from £15, depending on your car, can not imagine it would be £31 per camber!

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Re: Tracking!!! GULP!!
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Re: Tracking!!! GULP!!
« Reply #4 on: 21 May 2012, 16:37 »
go to www.blackcircles.com and look for their approved garages, thats where id go near me for tracking, and where ive found it cheapest

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Re: Tracking!!! GULP!!
« Reply #5 on: 21 May 2012, 16:54 »
Mine cost me £54 full camber alignment, that was blackcircle approved

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Re: Tracking!!! GULP!!
« Reply #6 on: 21 May 2012, 16:59 »
I paid £60 recently. £20 for the alignment and £40 for front camber. I shopped around as well and cheapest could find. Camber is not usually included in 4 wheel alignment prices.
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Re: Tracking!!! GULP!!
« Reply #7 on: 21 May 2012, 19:13 »
Thanks guys, i went to a few garages who wont even touch it as iv lowered my car. (told me they don't have the machines to do it) then found one called pro tyres who said £31 per camber. im pretty much a noob on all this so wouldn't know. shall look at few of these links.
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Re: Tracking!!! GULP!!
« Reply #8 on: 21 May 2012, 19:40 »
as JV said price is about right, this is 4 wheel alignment they are talking about here.

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« Reply #9 on: 21 May 2012, 19:44 »
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