Need an alignment after springs/shocks and hear its best to take it to the dealer. Should I detune the ECU/TCU and swap the DP or just say F-it and bring it in bolted on and tuned up? Anything specific I should ask for as far as alignment specs are concerned? ie. can you ask for additional caster for more fender clearance or anything else relevant? TY.
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cb1111
Newbie
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- Virginia, USA
Correct. Especially if you make a appt and are in a hurry. Decline any multi-point inspections and the car wash.
THEREALVRT
Drag Racing Champion
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- The great white north
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- Golf R
2 questions
why would the dealer have to hook up a scanner to do an alignment ?
why is the dealer the best ( only) option?
i am getting my car aligned this friday at ashop that does alot of track cars. not once did going to the dealer cross my mind.
only for the radar for front assist or ACC would i go to the dealer for an alignment. 0% chance for a wheel alignment
why would the dealer have to hook up a scanner to do an alignment ?
why is the dealer the best ( only) option?
i am getting my car aligned this friday at ashop that does alot of track cars. not once did going to the dealer cross my mind.
only for the radar for front assist or ACC would i go to the dealer for an alignment. 0% chance for a wheel alignment
1. SOP? I dunno.
2. Thought I remember reading the dealer had special equipment to align our cars. If I'm wrong I'll find somewhere else to take it.
Junebugz_GTI10
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Only for ACC it seems, if you have that feature.
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Faceman
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Correct.
Nope. Changes in ride height and rake can, but not always, cause errors.
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SugarMouth
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Find a competent alignment shop that will also align the subframe. There is nothing special about the dealer for alignments.
Juggar
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Get that wrong idea out of your head about "detuning" the ecu. Once you've tuned it, its over. If they plug into it with their equipment, it will see that its been tuned before. Thats the way it works.
Wrath And Tears
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So ODIS checks how many times any of the control modules have been flashed (as well as a lot of other things that I won't bother trying to explain). Headquarters knows exactly how many times your ECU should have been flashed because they have records of each time it was flashed by ODIS. If VWoA knows you are only supposed to have 4 flash counters, but you have 6, you get flagged right then and there.
Yep, like I said there's a lot of mis-information out there.
cb1111
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Absolutely correct. The other thing that people don't understand is why manufacturers check and flag - to keep warranty fraud in check.
Well, to keep costs down, anyway.
Is it fraud if an ignorant 20-something innocently brings his Stage 2 car in at 10K miles because it's acting funny? Eh. Maybe not. Whenever I see the word "fraud" I infer intent. And not every circumstance has fraudulent intent behind it.
But maybe that's just me.
Regardless, it's just good business sense by VW to make sure that what they're paying out for is something they've offered to cover.
Is it fraud if an ignorant 20-something innocently brings his Stage 2 car in at 10K miles because it's acting funny? Eh. Maybe not. Whenever I see the word "fraud" I infer intent. And not every circumstance has fraudulent intent behind it.
But maybe that's just me.
Regardless, it's just good business sense by VW to make sure that what they're paying out for is something they've offered to cover.