Run flat tyres mileage

MSaxp

is there a better and worse wheel alignment? (Not that i associate Kwikfit with premium service) maybe i should ask for other quotes although funnily enough none of the local garages (nor Kwikfit) have alignment prices on their websites.

neilmcl

forgotmyname said:

£109??     My local tyre place charges £35 IF all 4 need adjusting.  £15 for setup and readout and £5 per wheel
that they need to adjust.

Are you sure that's not wheel balancing? You don't tend to do wheel alignment on individual wheels.

neilmcl

MSaxp said:

is there a better and worse wheel alignment? (Not that i associate Kwikfit with premium service) maybe i should ask for other quotes although funnily enough none of the local garages (nor Kwikfit) have alignment prices on their websites.

Are you going to be buying new tyres as well? Halfords offer 4 wheel alignment for £69 if you but 2 or more tyres.

In fact most tyre places seem to offer it  significantly cheaper than that Kwikfit price.

MSaxp

no, not yet i'm afraid. I have 3.5mm on my rear ones , which means about 1000-1500 miles left  

 neilmcl said:

MSaxp said:

is there a better and worse wheel alignment? (Not that i associate Kwikfit with premium service) maybe i should ask for other quotes although funnily enough none of the local garages (nor Kwikfit) have alignment prices on their websites.

Are you going to be buying new tyres as well? Halfords offer 4 wheel alignment for £69 if you but 2 or more tyres.

In fact most tyre places seem to offer it  significantly cheaper than that Kwikfit price.

MSaxp

had another quote by a local tyre garage. £115, so even more expensive than kwikfit

neilmcl

MSaxp said:

had another quote by a local tyre garage. £115, so even more expensive than kwikfit

It must be your location because I can't find anyone near me, other than main dealers, that offer 4 wheel alignment for anything above £70.

MSaxp

i am in the south west. Not in Kensington

BOWFER

MSaxp said:

is there a better and worse wheel alignment? (Not that i associate Kwikfit with premium service) maybe i should ask for other quotes although funnily enough none of the local garages (nor Kwikfit) have alignment prices on their websites.

There's only two types of alignment I'd have.
One is the full BMW KDS alignment, where they place weights on the seats to replicate passengers etc.
Failing that, I'd go to someone with a Hunter alignment machine.
Yes you will get cheaper, but I don't trust them and see it as wasted money.

Jenni_D

Do they put 70Kg (~11 stone) weights on the seats, and do that for the 4 main passenger seats?

(An F30 3 series weighs ~1400 to 1500Kg depending on model... adding weights to all 4 main seats would add ~20% to the overall weight; if they only do the front seats then it's 10%. Would that have a significant impact on alignment?)

MSaxp

Funnily enough, Kwikfit added weights to the 2 front seats for the check. Didnt look like 70kg to me (unless the guy was super strong )