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B72.0tsline
03-21-2011, 10:49 AM
as title stated, thanks

caliizaktiv
03-21-2011, 03:33 PM
Northshore or south?

ski&drive
03-21-2011, 07:40 PM
go to a dealer! They wont charge much more then the average tire shop and the dealer has the right tools to do the job.

I was told by long distance tire in medway that they could do the job but when i went to pick up my car they told me they could only get the camber "kinda close", i was like well im "kinda not paying for the full alignment"

B72.0tsline
03-22-2011, 08:58 AM
Northshore or south?

southshore, near braintree is fine.



go to a dealer! They wont charge much more then the average tire shop and the dealer has the right tools to do the job.

I was told by long distance tire in medway that they could do the job but when i went to pick up my car they told me they could only get the camber "kinda close", i was like well im "kinda not paying for the full alignment"

I have had shops (sears, Bj's) told me that you need special tools to do alignments on Audi's but thats just b.s. a friend of my and I went to a well know local shop (they align porsche's and such) and they did the alignment without a problem. been going there for years, but i dont live there any more and dont want to drive 1 hour and 20 minutes back down just to do an alignment. this shop charges $65 for alignment but this was 2 or 3 years ago.

you know how much the dealer charge? i went to sullivan tires and they charge $84.

ski&drive
03-22-2011, 11:50 AM
southshore, near braintree is fine.




I have had shops (sears, Bj's) told me that you need special tools to do alignments on Audi's but thats just b.s. a friend of my and I went to a well know local shop (they align porsche's and such) and they did the alignment without a problem. been going there for years, but i dont live there any more and dont want to drive 1 hour and 20 minutes back down just to do an alignment. this shop charges $65 for alignment but this was 2 or 3 years ago.

you know how much the dealer charge? i went to sullivan tires and they charge $84.

Thats because you do need special tools... where ever you went must have just done it by trial and error. I wouldnt go to any of the big chains townfair/sullivan/ntb all there technicians are huge hacks. I use to work at bernardi in natick (20 mins up 128) i forget how much it is but its a flat rate, they will have the right tools

unh112
03-22-2011, 12:57 PM
I go to Firestone in Quincy, got the lifetime alignment, been happy since....

B72.0tsline
03-22-2011, 02:04 PM
I go to Firestone in Quincy, got the lifetime alignment, been happy since....

heard lots of bad story from that place.

Boston_USP_327
03-22-2011, 06:41 PM
I just went to townfair. not the one in quincy though. I used to work in wapole on rt 1 and they did a great job, so not sure about all this special tooks stuff. and it was only 49.99, but prob b/c i bought tires

caliizaktiv
03-29-2011, 03:52 PM
I used Shlott Tire in Tewksbury (if you wanna go that far). They were good.

ski&drive
03-29-2011, 06:15 PM
heard lots of bad story from that place.

Ive been screwed over by every tire place that ive ever been to so i guess i just hate all tire places.