Matthew Webb

Yes a little bit of due diligence would have sorted, but every cloud has a silver lining and I've now found you guys - quick Q though - if I was to swap over to winter alloys and tyres - say 16 or 17in and ensured I kept the same rolling diameter as the standard 18s, would the alignment still be ok? I haven't bought the winter set yet, just considering at this stage.

Yeah it's fine, the benchmark on the standard suspension would mean the NSF camber is out but as the sport suspension setting runs more camber anyway it's actually fine. I think it was just tweaks today but a little difference hear and there seems to make a big difference overall. Certainly on corners it feels back to normal now

All sorted and the car is perfect to drive again. I was treated very well too, top chaps. It was previously set up as a non sport suspension equipped Exeo plus something slightly out with the rear camber. All setup correctly now. I'll be coming to you guys for all of my tyre and yearly geo work from now on. Definitely worth the 30 min drive to a garage that knows what they're doing!

Booked - see you first thing Friday Matt

Indeed thanks both, I'll drop you a line today and get her booked in Thanks, Matt

Ahh I'm just joining the dots now: I didn't realise there was a garage associated with the site - even better! Chesham is easy to get to from me too win win. I'll see what Tony reckons and get it booked in. Cheers Matt

Hello, I've been recommended WIM via another forum I use and I'm hoping someone can help me out as my alignment is driving me nuts and I'm getting fed up spending money and not getting results I had my front tyres changed and the garage did an alignment as the left side front was wearing on the inner edge. After that alignment (no print out given) the car needed the steering wheel held off centre to go straight and it felt weird in corners. They also marked my other wise unmarked alloys I took it back and the guy that did the alignment went out for a drive with me. He said it was just the road camber and nothing to worry about. I then went on a 300 mile road trip and found on the motorways and a-roads i've driven on before that i needed to counter steer right to keep the car going straight. I also found the car felt less stable on a-road corners. I then took the car to a local tyre chain at the other end of my trip and had them carry out an alignment thinking the first place just didn't know what they were doing. But the steering is still out on straight roads! Here's a link to the results https://goo.gl/photos/im79BQ9dDsb2KNum8 The guy doing the work said he couldn't adjust the number on the left hand side - it's either caster or camber, I can't tell from the diagram (red -1.23) on this vehicle as it's non-adjustable. He said it was probably out due to damage caused from bumping up a curb. He is correct as my wife did slide the car (she says slowly) into curb during last year's winter. At the time I had the geo checked and they said they made some tweaks but I am guessing this was what resulted in the inside edge tyre wear of that tyre. The steering was straight though. So now I am left with car that won't steer straight ahead and have another 300 miles to drive today. Any ideas anyone? I'm based in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire can anyone recommend me somewhere to go. I'm happy to travel a reasonable distance and keen to find a garage for tyre and alignment work I can confidently use in future! Thank you in advance, Matt