dickstar1977
New member
Hi all
After a new set of wheels from Chris at Excel wheels all my problems were solved, I had been having issues with vibrations in the car caused at 80mph plus and the long and the short of it was that two of my wheels had flat spots! New set from Chris and problem solved! The car went to mercury in Brentwood prior to the wheel change where it was fully aligned etc (at a cost of £200) only to find the actual problem lay in the wheels being flat spotted!
Recently I went to Germany for the weekend, left my car in short stay at Gatwick an on the way home felt like it as pulling left! Took it to my trusty local German auto specialist German Engineering in Westcliff who checked it over and said everything seemed fine, no play in the steering rack, wheel bearings perfect etc etc! They recommended taking it to Elite wheels in Rainham! This is what their dagnostic said:
£160 for laser alignment and cambre adjustment (apparently it was really out later the car was returned (they had also rebalanced the wheels and in the process taken a load of paint off when removing the weights! Not great as they have only been on the car two months), this was the result:
However, I still feel the car pulls left! I am sure it isn't just the caber of the road, I know they feel every imperfection in the road but I still feel like she is pulling left and the wheel wants to sit slightly off straight anticlockwise permanently!
Any suggestions? I am tempted to take it to my local place in Southend who have laser alignment equipment as Elite is an hour each way for me and I am really unimpressed with their lack of care last time
Any advice would be appreciated
Cheers Tom
After a new set of wheels from Chris at Excel wheels all my problems were solved, I had been having issues with vibrations in the car caused at 80mph plus and the long and the short of it was that two of my wheels had flat spots! New set from Chris and problem solved! The car went to mercury in Brentwood prior to the wheel change where it was fully aligned etc (at a cost of £200) only to find the actual problem lay in the wheels being flat spotted!
Recently I went to Germany for the weekend, left my car in short stay at Gatwick an on the way home felt like it as pulling left! Took it to my trusty local German auto specialist German Engineering in Westcliff who checked it over and said everything seemed fine, no play in the steering rack, wheel bearings perfect etc etc! They recommended taking it to Elite wheels in Rainham! This is what their dagnostic said:
£160 for laser alignment and cambre adjustment (apparently it was really out later the car was returned (they had also rebalanced the wheels and in the process taken a load of paint off when removing the weights! Not great as they have only been on the car two months), this was the result:
However, I still feel the car pulls left! I am sure it isn't just the caber of the road, I know they feel every imperfection in the road but I still feel like she is pulling left and the wheel wants to sit slightly off straight anticlockwise permanently!
Any suggestions? I am tempted to take it to my local place in Southend who have laser alignment equipment as Elite is an hour each way for me and I am really unimpressed with their lack of care last time
Any advice would be appreciated
Cheers Tom