So today was supposed to be a very happy day. I was getting my new rims for the tc

I'm lowered on springs and a few months back in had a hot hoist rear camber kit installed on my car at a local aftermarket type shop. The guy was really nice and gave me a great price the only problem was my camber was maxed out on one side and the other was like a degree less. He told me they would fix that at the time of alignment. Since I was planning on getting rims and it didn't really cause any problems at that time I didn't worry about it.

So today I get my new rims put on the car. The driver side rear is touching the fender and mine are not rolled. The guy is nice enough to call around and get me an appointment at les schwab same day for alignment. So as I'm driving over i was rubbing sooo bad just driving on flat surfaces.

I get there and they are nice but after the guy finds out I just had my wheels put on by discount tire he kinda gives me the we are better speech. Anyway they say they'll take care of me and I leave my keys and go home. I get a call an hour later and they are saying that my camber kit is completely locked up because the guy didn't use anti seize. The only option is to "try" and unseize it first thing tomorrow. So now I'm getting dropped off at work. He continued to say that if they couldn't pull them off and fix it (another $150ish) the only other option was to charge me only for the install of new camber arms plus the price of the new camber arms.

Its only been 2 months with the camber kit and they seem very nice but I just have that feeling that they are effing me. I have work tomorrow and cannot drive my car anywhere so I'm kind of at their mercy. I have a feeling they are going to say they can't unseize it and they have to order me new arms which will be even more.

Thoughts?

 

Go get your car and take it to your house, and check out the camber kit yourself. If you cant get it off, remove it yourself by whatever means necessary, and get it ready for their service. Dont pay them to do something you could do, by doing it yourself you could avoid getting screwed over.. and better yet, youll know first hand whether or not it was siezed in the first place!

 

Remove/reinstall it yourself, then take it to get an alignment. It is very very simple to do, in the front and back. The rear camber arms are a little harder to get to but it's not hard.

 

Yea that makes sense only problem is I gotta get it to my gf's parents house who live live a 30 minute drive on less than nice roads and I feel like I barely made it to les schwab haha. Maybe I'm just paranoid cause I've never rubbed like this. Thanks guys

 

They use air guns. Breaker bars are much better at unseizing bolts. Get some pb blaster and spray it on and let sit for a few minutes. Get the breaker bar out and go to work. The shop I went to get an alignment at couldn't undo the bolts with there air gun, but I could do it with a breaker bar.

 

I called them this morning and they said they hadnt started work on it since they were going to price check the new camber arms and see if they had it in stock. I told them I dont want to go that route and just have them try to unseize it. I have a feeling they will call back saying they cant and they will have to order new arms. If thats the case they do not know I still have my stock ones in my trunk. I will have them install those and unseize my hotchkis kit myself using that method and reinstall them myself. Hopefully they aren't dicking me because they seems really really nice and helpful. Thanks for all the replys!

 

I find it hard to believe they're having that much trouble with it. It's a hard area to work on but not that hard.

 

It seems fishy to me too especially because they were fine when I put them on and its only been two months(maybe less). When I dropped it off for the alignment I tried to pay for it and they say that they can charge me for the alignment until its done "in case they run into any other problems." I found that alarming. In order to get the car to where I can work on it myself I would have to rub all the way back to discount tire have them slap on my stockies drive a half hour away and go to work. I work 9-6 all week and do not have the time to even pick up my stockies. Im kinda caught in a sh*tty situation.