rozzman10

called to get a re-allignment after my new 4" lift.. they said 39.99.. i can handle that.. (college student budget) drop it off and leave it over night.. go to pick it up today and i said how much will that be.. he said.. 70 bucks.. .. i said what happened to 39.99 and he told me that it took 3.5 hours to do the allignment.. and that he had to put a come-along on my axle to set my caster because he couldnt get the caster set right..i didnt buy new control arms with my ift (college budet once again lol) but my gosh.. the most he could move the dang thing MIGHT be 1/4" MAYBE.. anyone else have this trouble?

RedneckJeep

Caster on a Jeep with stock arms (as you eluded to) is NOT adjustable. If they put a come along on something, that means they were bending it. The only thing that is adjustable from the factory is the toe. I would go back and demand that they pay for an independant body shop to measure the alignment and see what the hell they bent. Damn morons.

spinlock

I agree with Redneck.

A come-along??? How about an engine hoist or a jack hammer?

Start by talking to the shop manager and demand an explanation as to how they used the come-along and then get the independent evaluation.

BlackNorthernJK

WTF ....are they for real? You don't have even cam bolts? If that's the case....I'd be getting an entire new front end from them because they screwed something hardcore

BLK-JK23

uh oh

K9Jeeper

Demand a full refund for the BS they fed you! Dishonesty is starting to run amok!

JdTms11

Holy shit someones about to deliver a smack down

Mark Doiron

I'm just guessing here, but I'll bet the person he talked to was clueless as to what was done (duh). It won't surprise me to learn that they did, indeed, install cam bolts and that's why they are charging more (the original quote assumed cam bolts were already present). If that's the case, Rozzman10, you might be hosed since you likely signed a release to have "necessary" work performed, and the shop can claim that the cam bolts were necessary to do the alignment you requested. Cam bolts are a bad thing for a Jeep that is wheeled, and the only way to "remove" them involves welding up the damage they've done.

nikbass

Regardless of the process, cam bolts or come-along, (OMG I just had to type that.) They effectively damaged your Jeep.

There is always the posibility that they did nither and just raped you which in your shoes I'd prefer.

Bacon

my money's on this one.