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Further alignments at AK Automotive Rowlands Gill

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paulgs1000
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Further alignments at AK Automotive Rowlands Gill

Post by paulgs1000 » Sat Jul 22, 2017 11:38 pm

A fellow M owner in the area, Cb3749, made contact and through that Steph and I have had invite to some excellent runs out with a local ROSPA group (very enjoyable - they certainly 'make progress' and I'm keen to learn from them through further training and the ROSPA testing system :D :driving: :thumbsup: )

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Cb3749 has recently had Bilstein and Eibachs fitted to his immaculate M and was looking for an alignment. I've used AK before - they are an MX5 racing outfit and know quite a bit about setting up cars for optimum handling. Grumpy Bri put me on to them and I've used them with my 3.0si previously to great affect.
Cb3749 chose to go with AK and I took the opportunity to have a run down and see how he got on . . .

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Another excuse to take a photo of my M :lol: :P

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Just got to wait for the outcome now . . . :D
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Further alignments at AK Automotive Rowlands Gill

Post by Cb3749 » Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:25 am

Great to see Paul at AK Automotive when my car was done. Full details on my thread.
Handling is now excellent, where it should be.
Charlie B
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Further alignments at AK Automotive Rowlands Gill

Post by ronk » Fri Aug 11, 2017 9:53 am

Any updates?
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Further alignments at AK Automotive Rowlands Gill

Post by Franzino » Fri Aug 11, 2017 10:33 am

Cb3749 wrote: Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:25 am Great to see Paul at AK Automotive when my car was done. Full details on my thread.
Handling is now excellent, where it should be.
Charlie B
Do you have some details of the alignement set-up (numbers) ;)
Or a link to your thread....

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Post by Cb3749 » Thu Aug 17, 2017 2:40 pm

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=98471#p1443084

Now running tyre pressures 2.1 bar all round.
///M R sapphire black two tone at present soon to be all black, Bilstein B6 + Eibach springs OEM strut brace cruise control OEM stubby Hayward&Scott exhausts
Previous
E61 550i M sport
E39 M5 x 2
Various 3 and 5 series x 12

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