Wheel alignment?

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Originally Posted by Brightsbane

Well the D697's are on and I didn't go through with the wheel alignment however they seemed to know all about the TTM setting and the suspension sensors etc. He said the guys have done Discos before and have all the correct equipment to do them. I guess it remains to be seen.

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k-mart where?

Garden City, Upper Mt Gravatt, Brisbane.

Spoke to the tyre guys we use for our work vans,they say they have done alignments on heaps of D3/4.

What they do is leave them running at normal height,forgot to ask about whether they leave the door open.

They say they do them all like this,no complaints at all,been doing it for years.

Anyone heard of this?

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Originally Posted by vbrab

Have read in LR manual that when wheel aligning, FILL tank, and take extra baggage out of vehicle.
You need a "4 wheel" aligner, and some smart types have told me that the aligner needs to ensure that after setting vehicle up, and running through height settings to return to "normal" height, that they leave drivers door open (not sure if it matters which door), as seems open door will prevent suspension making height adjustments while alignment is being done (which might evidently affect alignment readings).
So when aligners tell me they have experience on Disco 3's I ask them what they do to keep suspension from making "adjustments".....have only found 1 aligner so far who mentioned the "open door" strategy, but have had "expert" aligners set me up, only to rip the edges off tyres in under 3000K's straight from aligners.
If you find an aligner who actually sets your vehicle up correctly, stick to them, as they are hard to find.

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Or you could just get LR or a device, or a mate with a device to just set it up in TTM and then you'd have no issue. :D


You're (and I certainly don't mean you vbrab ... I'm talking generally) talking about expensive cars with expensive tyres and how much do we save by not getting the wheel alignment done properly?

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Originally Posted by scarry

Spoke to the tyre guys we use for our work vans,they say they have done alignments on heaps of D3/4.

What they do is leave them running at normal height,forgot to ask about whether they leave the door open.

They say they do them all like this,no complaints at all,been doing it for years.

Anyone heard of this?

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Heard of it often mate, but I'd avoid like the plague any professional outfit that suggests this path.


I had a Mr Muffler guy telling me they could align anything .... but didn't know what TTM was or what it is actually achieving ..... Yup dude, don't touch my car!


Daisy Hill in Brissy has a 'State Of The Art' workshop for BMW, that assured me they knew all about air suspended vehicles ....their wheel alignment turned out to be out by a massive amount when I got the car checked after seeing unusual wear on my tyres a few months later.


With regards to complaints .... a few mm will not be detected by the driver ... especially in a D4 .... especially on our wonderful roads :) .... long before it's too late.