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Getting into the dealer is a PITA! Does anyone have a good local shop they trust?
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Clark's wheel alignment in bellevue. Bobby who runs the shop has a GCD and his GF has a wrangler.
 
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Is your vehicle stock or with lifted with larger tires? Does it have any problems that you're trying to correct with an alignment or just a periodic alignment? I would choose the alignment place based on the situation.
 
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Is your vehicle stock or with lifted with larger tires? Does it have any problems that you're trying to correct with an alignment or just a periodic alignment? I would choose the alignment place based on the situation.
Lifted (3.5") with 37s. Just need an alignment after the lift was installed. Drives like a champ, but wanna make sure those very expansive tires last as long as I can make them. ;)
 

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Lifted (3.5") with 37s. Just need an alignment after the lift was installed. Drives like a champ, but wanna make sure those very expansive tires last as long as I can make them. ;)
Exact lift and tire size I installed last summer, and the reason I had an alignment done. I recommend you go to a shop with lots of experience in lifted 4x4s--not just stock Wranglers. I'm not a fan of most 4x4 shops for anything besides lifts and adding custom pieces such as bumpers and winches, but Tacoma 4WP did an excellent job on my alignment. After almost a year, it still drives great with perfect tire wear. I would also trust the Northridge 4x4 guys in Silverdale. These guys do lots of lift with big tires and have the experience for aligning them afterwards. They will not necessarily follow the published guidance on the specs. Mine was a compromise between factory specs and driveline angles.
 

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Khaotik in Tacoma did my alignment after my my lift last week. Great shop and easy to work with.
 

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Exact lift and tire size I installed last summer, and the reason I had an alignment done. I recommend you go to a shop with lots of experience in lifted 4x4s--not just stock Wranglers. I'm not a fan of most 4x4 shops for anything besides lifts and adding custom pieces such as bumpers and winches, but Tacoma 4WP did an excellent job on my alignment. After almost a year, it still drives great with perfect tire wear. I would also trust the Northridge 4x4 guys in Silverdale. These guys do lots of lift with big tires and have the experience for aligning them afterwards. They will not necessarily follow the published guidance on the specs. Mine was a compromise between factory specs and driveline angles.
I’m blessed to live 5min away from Northridge4x4. They installed a 1.5in Clayton lift on my JLR a month ago, and I think it might drive better than stock. They are super busy and getting an appointment will likely be a ways out but I get to see the stuff that rolls out of there and it is impressive.
 
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Khaotik in Tacoma did my alignment after my my lift last week. Great shop and easy to work with.
Khaotik did my work as well. They are awesome, but Matt said he could not do the alignment, but would get "close." He recommended getting a "real" alignment after he finished his work. Weird.
 

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Khaotik did my work as well. They are awesome, but Matt said he could not do the alignment, but would get "close." He recommended getting a "real" alignment after he finished his work. Weird.
I think they just recently got their alignment rack.
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