[ba] alignment shop recommendation

[Matt twentyV]

I share your experience and sentiment re. WheelWorks.
I used the one on Alum Rock for alignments for years,
but stopped going there after they tried to sell
Janet new brakes... a month after I had replaced
them.

Matt Rooke

--- "Buchholz, Steven"
<Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com> wrote:
> ... sorry to hear about your altercation Harrison! 
> Good to know that you
> came through it safely ... I hope that you got the
> twit's license number!
> If you did and there was more than $100 in damage to
> your car you may want
> to contact the CHP and file a report.  I do have a
> couple sets of wheels in
> the garage that you are welcome to in the short term
> if you need them to get
> the car back on the road.  I think they are all
> 5x112 though.  
> 
> As to the refinishing ... when I looked into it on
> the V8 there didn't seem
> to be any other local wheel refinishers besides
> Wheel Techniques.  I know
> that there are other places that advertise in
> AutoWeek and such.  Perhaps
> Acker Wheels might be another place ... they say
> they only sell wheels, but
> they might also have the ability to refinish them.  
> 
> I'm not going to be much help on the alignment info
> either.  I just wanted
> to ask you to let us know if you do find a good
> source ... I really need to
> get an alignment done on the V8.  Funny thing for me
> is that a couple years
> ago there was no question, I'd go to Wheel Works,
> but nowadays it seems like
> I'd rather go anywhere else ...
> 
> Good luck!
> Steve Buchholz
> 
> ... your story reminds me about one time I was
> driving to work on 101 near
> the airport a couple years ago ... I got cut off by
> a jerk in a black
> Exploder with Virginia plates.  I didn't write the
> number down, but I've
> wondered if it wasn't the same guy who got convicted
> for tossing Leo out
> onto the freeway.  We always wish that the folks who
> do act so aggressively
> toward others do get their come-uppance some day.  I
> will wish that for the
> jerk who felt they were more important than you ...
> SLB
> 
> > 
> > I was run off the road into a curb in order to
> avoid a major 
> > accident from a
> > crazed SUV driver. I swerved to avoid major damage
> and the 
> > right front wheel
> > suffered a hard but glancing blow to the curb.
> > 
> > Now the wheel needs serious cosmetic help and is
> in unknown shape. My
> > alignment is also screwed up from the way the
> steering wheel rests.
> > 
> > Any recommendations or past experiences where I
> can/should 
> > have alignment
> > checked from some one who knows Audi in San Jose
> area. My 
> > usual local shop
> > is backlogged 2-3 weeks. M&M Audi? Wheel
> Techniques for repair?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > --
> > Harrison Blackwood
> > Los Gatos, CA
> > '90 Audi CQ     
> > '81 BMW R100RS     
> > '60 Triumph TR3A   
> > http://www.killjoy.net 
> > 
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