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[LennyLexus]

Hi All,

Lex was serviced last saturday, Dealer told me that my front tyres are wearing, and I need wheel alignment, they said its an hours labour

So today i ring around to get the best quote for wheel alignment, most were around 20-25 quid, the best I found was £15!! So I went down there, guy had a look and then said, the tyres arent legit... and the alignment was out very little. The problem may be the canver?! For starters I have never even heard of this and dont know what it is anyways, he said its probably caused by dodgy suspension, and he cant sort it out for me and there are very few people who have the equipment and can do it properely. :duh: He's recommended a place to me and said they will charge around £23 for a check/print out.

Can any make more sense of this? and is this covered under the warranty? The lex was brought from Bristol in september, I've done 10'000 miles since and I am not happy that this has happened

[Zee007]

Do you meen CAMBER?

If so - Camber is simply the inward or outward tilt of the wheel and tyre relative to the chasis.

[LennyLexus]

yep dats it zee, i dont under stand these west country accents

Is this serious?! can it be fixed easily?

[LennyLexus]

Ok, I've rang around, most places say its a main dealer job. One place said that they can do it for £23.50 per side....

Does anyone know if this is covered under warranty? i'm still to try the place the original guy recommended. He said 'few people have the machines and fewer know how to use them properly.

[LennyLexus]

rang Lexus GB, Camber Adjustment is part of the wheel alignment so it is NOT covered under warranty!!

[LennyLexus]

Arite, i've got something sorted now... well saturday hopefully.

The recommended place said they will do the camber adjustment and then realign the wheels for £35.50 plus the dreaded VAT. £41.71...

[Bazza]

here is a link

you should go for 4 wheel alignment, not just tracking adjustment

wheel alignment

[greve]

You should definitely go for full 4 wheel alignment - and get it done properly at Lexus where they have the right equipment and the right reference data.

I had my tracking adjusted by the dealer I bought my GS300 from and it helped somewhat, but today I had the full 4 wheel alignment done at Lexus Cambridge at a fixed list price of £99.88 - it took them 2.5 hours as mine were way out... I got a full report where I can see what was wrong and how it has been adjusted back within the reference values.

Not worth saving the money and get it done at a dodgy place, just to have to get it done properly afterwards... There are BTW several threads on this forum about this. See also my recently posted link to an article describing the technicalities of wheel alignment (click here)

[SteveAudioX]

Does anyone know whether the values change if the car was lowered?

[Bazza]

Does anyone know whether the values change if the car was lowered?

camber will

[dipstick]

I had my tracking adjusted by the dealer I bought my GS300 from and it helped somewhat, but today I had the full 4 wheel alignment done at Lexus Cambridge at a fixed list price of £99.88

Ouch! Go Gold.

Had mine done at Lexus Cambridge a month ago for somewhat less than that!

Would have paid for Gold membership, if that's a clue how much less...

[dipstick]

Ooh hang on - you ARE gold. Didn't you claim your discount mate?

[greve]

Ooh hang on - you ARE gold. Didn't you claim your discount mate?

Of course I did, but you know the rules: Don't mention specific discounts on the open forum, hence my reference to list price only... B)