is my shop trying to screw me?

[wannabe]

I put new MSP springs in my car yesterday, and today took it in to get an alignment. the guy tried to charge me $284 saying that i needed camber kits for the front and rear....i told him to shove the kits up his ass and walked out.

so i start checkin around on here, and everything seems to say that i should have issues with toe, and not camber...
the only thing i did notice is that one of my little white dots on my strut was pointed in/front instead of out/front so, i turned that, and most of the pulling to the right went away.....

so this guy is totally retarded right? i dont need camber kits, do I? i dont autocross or anything......ive got another appointment at a different place in the morning. i want to see what they say.

 

[rowan]

Just take it to a dealership that has alignment equipment... they'll know the correct specs. The MSP springs shouldn't throw out the alignment enough to require a camber kit for sure! (I can't even think of anyone who makes camber kits for Proteges).

 

[zmepro]

you don't need camber plates, my eibach springs are lower then msp springs and no problems

 

[wannabe]

thats what i thought. hopefully tomorrow this other shop will be gentle on my butt. if not, ill take it to the dealership on monday.

 

[stealth]

I put new MSP springs in my car yesterday, and today took it in to get an alignment. the guy tried to charge me $284 saying that i needed camber kits for the front and rear....i told him to shove the kits up his ass and walked out.

so i start checkin around on here, and everything seems to say that i should have issues with toe, and not camber...
the only thing i did notice is that one of my little white dots on my strut was pointed in/front instead of out/front so, i turned that, and most of the pulling to the right went away.....

so this guy is totally retarded right? i dont need camber kits, do I? i dont autocross or anything......ive got another appointment at a different place in the morning. i want to see what they say.

You do not need camber plates. You should have made a note about the orientation of the white dots before you installed your springs because the direction of those white dots affect the toe settings for your car.

 

[uclap5]

camber is not effected much. it is the toe.

mine was way outa wack and i just took it to discount tires and got it aligned.

you dont need to tell them you lowered it.

 

[wannabe]

so i took it to a different place, they only charged me $50 no camber issues.