Recently, a rider with an ID named "3WIQ" left us a message. TA said: The steering wheel of the car is a little off, and he plans to go to the repair shop to do a "four-wheel alignment". Who knew that the store offered a price of 1,000 yuan, and suddenly felt very embarrassed. ring!
According to the list of quotations provided by riders, the cost includes 270 yuan for left steering gear lever adjustment, 270 yuan for right steering gear lever adjustment, 260 yuan for four-wheel positioning, and 200 yuan for total working hours. So, is this charge really reasonable?
Regarding four-wheel positioning, each car owner will have different choices, such as going to general repair shops, professional tire shops and 4S shops for positioning services. In terms of price, since the equipment purchased by ordinary repair shops is relatively ordinary, the price is cheap, and the positioning cost of an ordinary car is about 60-100 yuan.
and professional tire shops are more reliable than ordinary repair shops in terms of equipment, personnel, and operating procedures. This is like going to a restaurant. Of course, dining in the lobby and boxes are different, so the positioning price is moderate, and the cost is more than 100-200 yuan . As for 4S stores, most of their equipment is purchased from abroad, and in terms of professionalism, "spike" many slag roadside stores, and the positioning cost is generally 400-800 yuan.
Then the problem is coming. Since ordinary repair shops, professional tire shops, and 4S shops all have different prices and professionalism, why do riders need thousands of yuan to do four-wheel alignment in ordinary repair shops? In this regard, we also visited the repair shop, but through facade observation, personnel exchanges and four-wheel alignment equipment, we did not find any "shining points", not even as good as some professional repair shops, so there is no "leapfrog" situation. !
In fact, four-wheel alignment mainly covers the caster angle of the front wheel kingpin, the front wheel kingpin inclination angle, the front wheel camber angle, the front wheel toe, the rear wheel camber and the rear wheel toe, but in the actual four-wheel alignment During the process, the rear wheels were basically not adjusted. In addition, for the problem of deviation, the steering gear rod bolts are generally used when positioning, and the parameters are adjusted through the left and right offset and the principle of balance, so this "3WIQ" rider was obviously fooled!
