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Need alignment in East Tennessee (1/6)
 6/10/24 8:02am
CSMsVette
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I basically have completely replaced everything dealing with rear drive line. New differential, catastrophic failure in the original, trailing arms, shock mounts, all u-joints and half shafts. My biggest challenge now is finding a shop that will do a 4 wheel alignment on the car. It's a 74. I'm located in East Tennessee, anyone have a suggestion.



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Re: Need alignment in East Tennessee (2/6)
 6/10/24 6:51pm
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Since a lot of today's vehicle have IRS then I would think most shops could do a four-wheel alignment. 



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Re: Need alignment in East Tennessee (3/6)
 6/11/24 2:49pm
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I agree with you there. The response I keep getting is, "We don't work on cars that old". I think the shims scare them.

Re: Need alignment in East Tennessee (4/6)
 6/11/24 3:01pm
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I had my '75 aligned last year locally (SW Virginia) -- their only concern was if it was too low to get in their shop and onto the lift.



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Re: Need alignment in East Tennessee (5/6)
 6/11/24 3:16pm
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SW Virginia is very doable. My car is not lowered, as a matter of fact I think it sets high. Did they do a good job?

Re: Need alignment in East Tennessee (6/6)
 6/11/24 3:50pm
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They have the computer alignment setup, and as far as I can tell, it is fine.  The nice thing about these new systems is that they provide a color printout of all the alignment specifics.

This shop is actually in Mt. Airy NC, but I can't believe any decent shop can't do the same thing.

 



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