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Old Jul 28, 2014 | 03:11 PM
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Alignment Shop - Colorado?

Can anyone recommend a good place to get an alignment in the Denver area? I was told to go to 3 zero 3... They charge $325. Too steep for me.
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Old Jul 28, 2014 | 04:02 PM
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Stan's Alignment. They did my last 4wd on my Evo...great reviews even from sports car owners. They'll do custom specs too I believe.
 
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A proper alignment need not cost a lot. The best alignment shop in town (SLC) is small and family owned, does a lot of high performance, modified, SCCA race cars, and exotics. They recently did my Turbo after I installed coilovers, my home fabbed dog bones and lowered it 2" all around. 4 wheel alignment for $59. Prices haven't changed in years. Appointment required, a week or 2 out always. The owner did my car and I explained tire life and good street and canyon handling was what I was after. I waited less than an hour, hands off the wheel at 130+!
 
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A proper alignment need not cost a lot. The best alignment shop in town (SLC) is small and family owned, does a lot of high performance, modified, SCCA race cars, and exotics. They recently did my Turbo after I installed coilovers, my home fabbed dog bones and lowered it 2" all around. 4 wheel alignment for $59. Prices haven't changed in years.
Appointment required, a week or 2 out always. The owner did my car and I explained tire life and good street and canyon handling was what I was after. I waited less than an hour, hands off the wheel at 130+!
What shop in SLC is that?
 
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Russ' Alignment 1915 S Redwood Road.
 
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A proper alignment need not cost a lot. The best alignment shop in town (SLC)...!
Yeah but I'm guessing he's not driving from Denver to Salt Lake for an alignment. I have mine done at the dealership - Stevinson's.
 
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Stan's Alignment. They did my last 4wd on my Evo...great reviews even from sports car owners. They'll do custom specs too I believe.
Thanks. I'll look into Stan's.
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Yeah but I'm guessing he's not driving from Denver to Salt Lake for an alignment. I have mine done at the dealership - Stevinson's.
Yeah, I don't think it's worth a 1,000 mile drive


Anyone else??????????
 
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Originally Posted by Drew959
Can anyone recommend a good place to get an alignment in the Denver area? I was told to go to 3 zero 3... They charge $325. Too steep for me.
Thanks
Chris Cervelli at Cervelli Technical Service. Hands down the best and won't screw you on the price. Chris has an extensive professional racing resume and sets up virtually every fast GT2/3/TT/Cup car in the Colorado region. His alignment / CB is the most accurate as he uses the hub method as opposed to the "clamp on the wheel rim" method. He's also the guy you wanna see for engine and gearbox rebuilds, LSD installs, etc. Most shops sub out all their "difficult" work to him. When 3zero3 installed my LSD, they actually shipped my gearbox to Chris for the work. 3zero3 is a great shop (Emery is an awesome Porsche tech over there) but their prices are not exactly cheap as you found out. You won't find a more honest and knowledgeable individual than Chris to work on your car in Colorado.

Fwiw, I've also used Stan's a couple of years ago. They were fine for a budget alignment on my Audi but that's about it. If you want anything more including a corner balance, Stan's is not the shop.
 

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Old Jul 31, 2014 | 08:42 AM
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Great info. Thanks! Rep for you guys..
I'll check them both out and get it taken care of.
 
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Yea Thanks Pwdrhound for the shop referral. When I went to Stan's, they were highly recommended by local performance shops for AWD cars at a reasonable price. They did use the clamp the wheel rim method for my EVO.

Let us know your experience with Cervelli if you go there Drew959!

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This is how Chris does the alignments. Car is raised up and lowered onto 4 pylons that have scales on top. The pylons are adjustable and perfectly leveled via a laser. The laser alignment heads are then bolted onto each axle to eliminate any run out a typical wheel will have. The result is a dead on alignment and corner balance...



 
Old Jul 31, 2014 | 03:59 PM
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Looks awesome! May be overkill for what I need today but clearly the place to go for a track set up.
 
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