03-02-2011, 03:25 PM | #85 |
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03-02-2011, 03:44 PM | #86 |
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most people arent looking for top service... they want it cheap, and if you're $5 higher than the next guy, they go to them... the glass industry is the same way! people rarely care about the quality of parts and supplies you use, or your experience, they want it cheap and if they can get a used part for you to install to save money, they'll do that... we can thank big box stores and fast food for this...
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03-02-2011, 04:18 PM | #87 | |
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Retail is surely harder to compete. Service is REALLY easy. REALLY easy. Blows my mind that it's so hard to find, BUT a company is only as good, to a particular customer, as the employee who dealt with him/her. But, ya, many people want cheap. We are NOT cheap. But we keep our clients. |
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03-02-2011, 06:15 PM | #88 |
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My Eibachs are still in the box since April, yes APRIL. One place says I need Camber extensions, another says I don't. One says need bump stops cut, or need different shocks..... pains me.
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03-02-2011, 07:53 PM | #89 |
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Nope you don't need camber extensions, whatever those would be on a 5th Gen. I do believe the Eibach instructions call for cutting the bumpstops. Coil replacement on the 5th Gen is really straight forward and it shouldn't be that hard to find a shop with the skill to do the work.
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03-05-2011, 06:08 AM | #90 |
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03-06-2011, 10:45 AM | #91 | |
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Don't buy the price. Buy the result. You may be surprised to find that one or both of the shops you mentioned will do a Pedders spec alignment for the posted price. You may also be surprised to find they won't. Tell them what you expect and be prepared to pay for the level of quality you demand. |
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03-06-2011, 11:50 AM | #93 | |
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A week later, the same shop wanted $180.00 to do the Corvette and said they were "being nice, as it was with our performance specs" and should have been an hourly charge... They were supposed to give me a written quote (they didn't) and when they insisted on charging me $180.00 after doing the work and giving me the key back, I asked what they would like to be paid for the work - as close to $79.00 was my suggestion |
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03-06-2011, 11:52 AM | #94 | |
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03-06-2011, 11:55 AM | #95 | |
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But in the case of an alignment, the "rack" does most of the work (through computers) and lasers... I big part though of the alignment, is setting up the equipment to "read right" on the car. Also, considering the Corvette had been in the shop a whopping 20 minutes, I did think the $180.00 was excessive. |
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03-06-2011, 03:21 PM | #96 | |
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The rack doe not do ANY work. The rack just shows the alignment specs. The work is done by the tech with wrenches and years of experience. It is the technician and NOT the rack that does quality alignment work. I'll say it again. Communicate to the shop manager what you expect. Find out in advance how you are going to be charged. You will leave the shop with a quality alignment at the price you expected to pay or leave to find another shop. |
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