Tony Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 With the launch ( anytime soon ) of out national network of fitting/ calibration partners, our national partner has agreed our geometry training is superior to the current standard and wim will be training the partner centre staff. Goes without saying really because i'm not going to associate with any old crap, point is a national company recognizes they are missing the knowledge and for once seek help to come up to wim code. Permission to wobble head? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e4tnu Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 you may wobble my son Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 Permission to wobble head? There's only one way and that's the WIM way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul XE Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 With the launch ( anytime soon ) of out national network of fitting/ calibration partners, our national partner has agreed our geometry training is superior to the current standard and wim will be training the partner centre staff. Goes without saying really because i'm not going to associate with any old crap, point is a national company recognizes they are missing the knowledge and for once seek help to come up to wim code. Permission to wobble head? Fair play Tony, nice one. Do you offer any training to independant people? As I've said before, Im a lecturer at a motor vehicle college and would love to spend a day at your premises and pick your brains!! If so, how much would you charge for something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 With the launch ( anytime soon ) of out national network of fitting/ calibration partners, our national partner has agreed our geometry training is superior to the current standard and wim will be training the partner centre staff. Goes without saying really because i'm not going to associate with any old crap, point is a national company recognizes they are missing the knowledge and for once seek help to come up to wim code. Permission to wobble head? Fair play Tony, nice one. Do you offer any training to independant people? As I've said before, Im a lecturer at a motor vehicle college and would love to spend a day at your premises and pick your brains!! If so, how much would you charge for something like that? At the Lecturer level i charge nothing because i'm keen to educate this sorry area, reads odd in a business sense but that's how i feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 you may wobble my son Commencing wobble now And now im finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 Excellent stuff, thanks to WIM maybe someday there won't be any of this 4 wheel alignment nonsense ripping people off And good on you for the free lecturer training - need more people like you around with a clearly fully functioning moral compass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 maybe someday there won't be any of this 4 wheel alignment nonsense ripping people off 4 wheel alignment 4 wheel laser alignment 4 wheel laser tracking I have heard several different terms...lets hope WIM can change the industry standard to Geometry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 No wonder the pubic are so confused, let alone the fitters who "think" they are doing a top notch job not realizing there's life beyond the lazer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 No wonder the pubic are so confused, let alone the fitters who "think" they are doing a top notch job not realizing there's life beyond the lazer. It also amazes me how many people refer to the toe angle as the tracking angle...not realising there is also camber, castor etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 Most of fast fit live in a linear world not realizing the wheels live in a 3D enviroment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighlandPete Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 At the Lecturer level i charge nothing because i'm keen to educate this sorry area, reads odd in a business sense but that's how i feel. Tony, so refreshing to see and read such a statement. If only more businessmen could see beyond the immediate cash benefits of any decision. I believe you should 'wobble your head' as much as you like. HighlandPete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul XE Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 With the launch ( anytime soon ) of out national network of fitting/ calibration partners, our national partner has agreed our geometry training is superior to the current standard and wim will be training the partner centre staff. Goes without saying really because i'm not going to associate with any old crap, point is a national company recognizes they are missing the knowledge and for once seek help to come up to wim code. Permission to wobble head? Fair play Tony, nice one. Do you offer any training to independant people? As I've said before, Im a lecturer at a motor vehicle college and would love to spend a day at your premises and pick your brains!! If so, how much would you charge for something like that? At the Lecturer level i charge nothing because i'm keen to educate this sorry area, reads odd in a business sense but that's how i feel. Are you sure Tony?? I'm sure the academy I teach at won't mind paying you for giving up your time! We are based in Bristol so we would like to spend a bit of time with you, and if its ok with you I'm sure a few of the other lecturers here would like to learn from you. We teach apprentices to level 3 covering toe, camber, caster and KPI/SAI and it would be nice just to improve on our knowledge and update it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 I'm sure Tony would do it for some Dr Fosters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 With the launch ( anytime soon ) of out national network of fitting/ calibration partners, our national partner has agreed our geometry training is superior to the current standard and wim will be training the partner centre staff. Goes without saying really because i'm not going to associate with any old crap, point is a national company recognizes they are missing the knowledge and for once seek help to come up to wim code. Permission to wobble head? Fair play Tony, nice one. Do you offer any training to independant people? As I've said before, Im a lecturer at a motor vehicle college and would love to spend a day at your premises and pick your brains!! If so, how much would you charge for something like that? At the Lecturer level i charge nothing because i'm keen to educate this sorry area, reads odd in a business sense but that's how i feel. Are you sure Tony?? I'm sure the academy I teach at won't mind paying you for giving up your time! We are based in Bristol so we would like to spend a bit of time with you, and if its ok with you I'm sure a few of the other lecturers here would like to learn from you. We teach apprentices to level 3 covering toe, camber, caster and KPI/SAI and it would be nice just to improve on our knowledge and update it. If we are going to seriously train lecturers and students then there will be a fee due to the time and papers involved. I would need to see the papers for level 1/ 2/ and 3 so i have an idea where the students stand, i'm sure you know i could either bore them stupid or blind them with science, it's a learning curve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul XE Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 We dont necessarily want an official course with tests etc, just a bit of a refreshment on the subject really. We all have a fairly good understanding on the subject but I certainly would like to improve my knowledge and go a bit more in-depth. Also, it would just be lecturers, no students. I could also bring along the scheme of work and cirriculum we have to follow if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 We dont necessarily want an official course with tests etc, just a bit of a refreshment on the subject really. We all have a fairly good understanding on the subject but I certainly would like to improve my knowledge and go a bit more in-depth. Also, it would just be lecturers, no students. I understand... Students just get in the way anyway. I'm up for this Paul, it will be an enlightening meet bringing our vision of the "geometry" to the four front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorps Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 Great news Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul XE Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 We dont necessarily want an official course with tests etc, just a bit of a refreshment on the subject really. We all have a fairly good understanding on the subject but I certainly would like to improve my knowledge and go a bit more in-depth. Also, it would just be lecturers, no students. I understand... Students just get in the way anyway. I'm up for this Paul, it will be an enlightening meet bringing our vision of the "geometry" to the four front. Not only that, we would not expect you to put up with students who may not appreciate your knowledge, where as we will and then pass that knowledge onto them. This will not be happening until the summer when we get a few weeks without students (around July/Aug time) Thanks again Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHAHZ Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Excellent stuff Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 More training today with two top techs from different centres and the groups training instructor I break the training down to two, two hour sessions since this is about as long any human can absorb new information. Needless to say by the end of the day jaws had dropped including the instructors because i have opened a totally new perspective of chassis dynamics. The most impacting element is recognizing the OEM data is not the law...... It's a suggestion, realizing this one statement changes their whole impression of geometry calibration, the geometry window has been opened. Nevertheless it is a complicated topic and our partner centres are making great efforts to embrace this next step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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