Perks of working at a dealership

"E30Joe drives a Subaru" (325joe) 10/30/2014 at 02:17 • Filed to: None

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I get access to this killer alignment rack and I'm teachin myself to do my own alignments :) Super low profile so even the lowest of low cars can get on no problem (literally a 1-2mm height difference from the ground and the rack) completely digital with accuracy up to .001 degrees. Unfortunately I only had time to do the rear alignment right now, but the front will be tomorrow. It wasn't too out of alignment up front from the initial readings so I'm not really worried.

Frank Grimes > E30Joe drives a Subaru 10/30/2014 at 02:31

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i think your wheels have hepatitis.

E30Joe drives a Subaru > Frank Grimes 10/30/2014 at 02:33

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Haha, they're all good

NotUnlessRoundIsFunny > E30Joe drives a Subaru 10/30/2014 at 02:35

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Very cool! I have no idea how to do an alignment myself, but this kind of post inspires me to learn. Thanks!

E30Joe drives a Subaru > NotUnlessRoundIsFunny 10/30/2014 at 02:37

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It's actually pretty easy, mostly turning eccentric bolts and if you have them, fiddling with camber plates.

NotUnlessRoundIsFunny > E30Joe drives a Subaru 10/30/2014 at 02:44

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Cool. There's just nothing like hands-on for learning this stuff.

jkm7680 > E30Joe drives a Subaru 10/30/2014 at 07:42

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Damn that rack looks fancy.

Burrito de EJ25 > E30Joe drives a Subaru 10/30/2014 at 10:02

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Post more pictures of that Fozzie more often, plz.

bradleyjames518 > E30Joe drives a Subaru 10/30/2014 at 10:24

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I was an alignment tech for a few years. I loved doing them, and when I went to the dealer I made a ton of money off of them. Most people don't understand that an alignment is a maintenance item and should be checked every ~30k

MountainCommand > E30Joe drives a Subaru 10/30/2014 at 12:46

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haha no way! I literally did the same thing the other night! Laser alignment setup ftw! A buddy of mine works at this shop, so afterhours we were able to all swing by, and the first thing we do was put all our cars up on the lifts.

My alignment turned out to be perfect, and i didnt even need to touch a thing.

E30Joe drives a Subaru > MountainCommand 10/30/2014 at 13:28

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I just did a lot of suspension work and a CV axle so mine was hilariously off.