4 Wheel alignment...

[bernmc]

Toddled off to the local Britannia Tyres in Nuneaton today to have new GSD3's fitted to the fronts on the Z. Manage to avoid the Inbred and got there safely

I asked them to check the tracking while they were at it. Much excitement about working on such a nice car, and the enthusiastic tracking dude was only too keen to show me his new toy - machine called a Supertracker. It's a computerised system with a huge database of cars and all their tracking details - camber/toe-in/thrust angle etc. Adjusts itself for wheel and tyre sizes too. Great thing is that it's got the VR4 in it's database (along with a whole host of other imports).

Anyway, just dial in the correct car from the database, then car gets plonked on the ramp with the wheels in metal dishes so the can move freely when adjustments are made. Then a cunning sender unit gets attached to each wheel: (sorry for the phone pic quality!)





The modules all talk to the main PC wirelesly.

In a couple of seconds, you get a screen like this, with all the relevant tracking measurements:



That's just for the rears! Green is in spec, yellow slightly out, and red way out.

Select the one you want to fiddle with, and you get a full screen view:



This is updated in real time as the spanner man twiddles his nuts ( ), so he just watches the screen as he adjusts. Get the needle of the guage pointing straight up and the job's done.

At the end of it all, you get a printout with all the before and after values:



Neat huh! £15 per wheel adjusted. Compare that with what mitsi will try to charge you for four wheel alignment!

Mind you, he did say 'mitsibooshi'

[Physician]

Great stuff Bern ........ might pop down there tomorrow.

[Vector]

Kewl

[Gly]

last time i had a wheel alignment, well over a year ago,

my car was done with that same equipment,

weird that your garage only just got this stuff,

its very cool toy thou

[BraindG]

sweet, going to looky for one of them companies round my area, see if they have the same device. - dont like going to Mitshi.

[WildCards]

Great stuff Bern ........ might pop down there tomorrow.

hmmm, might need to pay them a visit too. Nice one Bad Boy Bern

[ANTHONY]

i had my motor done like that after i lower'd it, with the same system could rearly feel the difference £58.00 well spent

[Physician]

[White Lightning]

Cool.

They've got a website : http://www.supertracker.com/

You may be able to give them a call and find out the nearest garage that's got one?

[bernmc]

I also had the vr4 done yesterday - did the guy recognise your car Physy one?

[Physician]

I also had the vr4 done yesterday - did the guy recognise your car Physy one?

Nope!

[BraindG]

Just called them up and found my local one

kdm motor tek
Altrincham
928 3777
Kevin

Will give them a go after adding the bits to my car

/edit: I asked whether they would publish the companies using their kit - but this wouldnt happen as competition would see who their customer are - but he seemed happy enough to let people call up and ask where their closest dealer is

[Wouter]

Is it the same price as listed above?

[BraindG]

Just called them 35 quid all in

Booked her in for 18th

[TAR]

If you are based anywhere near Buckinghamshire -

Buckingham Tyre & Exhaust have a computerised Supertracker.

01280 814032

Brian or Nigel

[Si.]

I actually go to supertracker themselves at their head quarters in Southampton. Cost £60 for them to do it, but blimmin hell do they do it properly and well!

[thecustomer]

I actually go to supertracker themselves at their head quarters in Southampton. Cost £60 for them to do it, but blimmin hell do they do it properly and well!

ooooh... where are they then?

[Si.]

They're in Woolston Mate, on the other side of the Itchen Bridge ..... Click me for map

Give them a tinkle (contact details on their website, link a few posts up), it's so worth while the guys who make the equipment using it on your car. Top guys too!