Hunter alignment settings

flimper · Post by **flimper** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 2:11 pm

Hunter alignment, 2019 and 2023.

Ignoring my car, I wondered why the standard settings were different, do they vary between garages or have they been updated in the last 4 years?

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 11:16 pm

That certainly seems a bit strange.

But unless I knew someone at a tyre fitters had a good reputation I wouldn't go near them for an alignment.

I went to Will at TWG and he did my MC to E46 M3 CSL settings and my car was transformed. Seeing as you take your car there anyway I'd get him to align it too.

Sadly I don't have the settings because his printer cartridge died part way through printing.

flimper · Post by **flimper** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:21 am

Don't worry, no intention of letting kwik fit do the alignment, just a free check as they are over the road

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:51 am

Rightly or wrongly I have only let the dealer do this as I am always worried about spotty youths doing something to my car.

enuff_zed · Post by **enuff_zed** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:58 am

flimper wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:21 am Don't worry, no intention of letting kwik fit do the alignment, just a free check as they are over the road

I know there's 10k difference, but it does make you wonder if KwikFit have fudged the figures to get you to pay for an alignment?

plenty · Post by **plenty** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:59 am

Alignment is one of the simpler jobs you can do on a car. There's really very little that can go wrong.

There's always the possibility of seized nuts and bolts, or as happened to me once a local garage didn't know how to adjust rear toe on the E85, but they won't charge you if that happens.

It's possible in theory a Hunter machine could be mis-calibrated, but I expect there are appropriate regulations to guard against that.

BMWZ4MC · Post by **BMWZ4MC** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 10:01 am

pvr wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:51 am Rightly or wrongly I have only let the dealer do this as I am always worried about spotty youths doing something to my car.

It’s more than likely that the dealer saves such jobs for their very own spotty youfs!

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 10:11 am

BMWZ4MC wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 10:01 am
pvr wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:51 am Rightly or wrongly I have only let the dealer do this as I am always worried about spotty youths doing something to my car.
It’s more than likely that the dealer saves such jobs for their very own spotty youfs!

Nowadays you get a video of everything they do, so I can see it isn’t

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 10:13 am

A dealer alignment is £200 by the way, what do Kwik Fit charge?

BMWZ4MC · Post by **BMWZ4MC** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 10:40 am

pvr wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 10:11 am
BMWZ4MC wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 10:01 am
pvr wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:51 am Rightly or wrongly I have only let the dealer do this as I am always worried about spotty youths doing something to my car.
It’s more than likely that the dealer saves such jobs for their very own spotty youfs!
Nowadays you get a video of everything they do, so I can see it isn’t

Are you sure it’s everything that they do? Or just what they want you to see

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 10:59 am

flimper · Post by **flimper** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 2:18 pm

enuff_zed wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:58 am
flimper wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:21 am Don't worry, no intention of letting kwik fit do the alignment, just a free check as they are over the road
I know there's 10k difference, but it does make you wonder if KwikFit have fudged the figures to get you to pay for an alignment?

Ignore my cars readings, it's the standard figures being different that I found odd

99ron · Post by **99ron** » Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:27 pm

Mr Tidy wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2023 11:16 pm That certainly seems a bit strange.

But unless I knew someone at a tyre fitters had a good reputation I wouldn't go near them for an alignment.

I went to Will at TWG and he did my MC to E46 M3 CSL settings and my car was transformed. Seeing as you take your car there anyway I'd get him to align it too.

Sadly I don't have the settings because his printer cartridge died part way through printing.

Agree on CSL settings. That is the way forward. Also 2nd that recommended for TWG. Safe hands.
CSL setting are on here somewhere if you search. Had my car setup to those settings.

99ron · Post by **99ron** » Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:33 pm

http://www.clubcsl.com/CSL/various/whee ... entcsl.jpg

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