Alignment Specialist Inc

Great fair service. Got us right in. Staff very friendly and informative. We’ll be back!

This place was great! I am from out of town and needed an alinement, JR and his dad got me in right away! They also finished in the same day! I would recommend them to everyone! Thanks guys happy holidays!

Every bit as good as their reputation. Utilized their services for a custom spec’d alignment and was very pleased with the results.
Prices are very fair, just remember to take note they only take cash/​check and do not set appointments but rather just what day you will drop it off.

I’ve used Alignment Specialist years before on a lowered pickup and they were fantastic. However I forgot about them until recently. I went to get my current pickup aligned at a standard shop, actually 2 different ones. Because my truck has headers that made the caster bolts hard to get to, impossible with an impact, the standard shops were too lazy to take the time and use old fashioned elbow grease to do it. I was reminded of Jim’s shop by my brother in law and gave him a call. He said he’d take care of it but it’d be priced differently, which I figured since it wasn’t a standard alignment. Got it taken care of at a fair price and time. Best alignment shop out there. Does other auto service work as well.

I joined Unilocal with the specific intent on rating restaurants, not other services. However, I was SO pleased with the work that the guy who works here did (I’m pretty sure his name is Jim) that I had to write about it.
My car was making a really loud noise when driving (kind of rumbling) and I could feel the vibration under my feet. I knew this couldn’t be safe and, after having mentioned the problem in passing to my brother-​in-​law, got a recommendation for this place from his friend. I called Jim up and explained the problem and he asked me to bring it in. He doesn’t really take appointments; he told me to just bring it in and he would have a look at it. He said that earlier in the week would be better because he wasn’t sure if he would need to order parts.
I dropped my car off on a Wednesday around noon. A younger mechanic was sitting in the garage and I briefly explained the problem to him, gave him my phone number, name and my keys and rode off with my girlfriend. Before I could get back to work Jim was already calling me. He said he found the problem (my front passenger-​side wheel bearing was nearly shot) and told me that it was indeed dangerous and needed to be fixed immediately. I believe he actually said «I was afraid the wheel was going to come off just driving it down the hill!» Whoops. Of course I’m a dumb, young kid who knows nothing about cars, but luckily I had the smarts to bring it in, right? Jim told me the price to replace the bearing, offering me two options: a cheaper one and a more expensive one. When I asked for a recommendation, I think he simply said «whatever you want!» He didn’t really offer an explanation about what the quality difference was between the two, which was fine, and I ended up going for the latter as the price difference was minimal. He told me he would fix it and have it ready for me in 2 hours – nice!
I got back to work and sure enough he called less than 2 hours later. This time he offered to align my wheels for me and explained that they were off pretty badly. I didn’t doubt him because I have had problems with tires on a particular side of my car getting worn down really quickly, forcing me to replace them far too often which was getting very costly (I pay anywhere from about 500 to 700 for 4 tires). Also, one of my tires was letting out air and I was needing to fill it up with air at least once a week. For 80 bucks for a 4-​wheel alignment, I said «why not?» After all, he IS the alignment specialist. He told me it wouldn’t be much longer and I could come pick it up around 3:00 – 3 hours after I dropped it off. I typically work past 3 anyway so this was fine.
I left work at 3:00, got there at 3:30 and it was all ready to go. I gave the younger mechanic a check (they DO NOT TAKE CARDS – you’ve been warned) and Jim handed me the keys, telling me to test it out. I was absolutely stunned; my car drove beautifully, like a brand new car! So silent and smooth now, and the steering wheel felt like it was giving me much better control now. Jim even gave me a print-​out that had computer screen shots on it, showing me more detail about the alignment than I could comprehend. I drove back up to the shop and made a little small talk, shook Jim’s hand and thanked him for his excellent work.
It’s been several months since I’ve taken it here and I gotta say the difference is phenomenal. My tires are holding up well and not leaking air anymore. And my car is still so silent that I’m no longer worried about my wheel flying off my car (can’t imagine that would be a good day). I’m very happy with Jim’s work and am glad I spent perhaps a little bit more to finally get an alignment and the other work done correctly.
Jim (I hope that’s his name because I used that all over the review) is a pretty nice dude when you start working with him, but he can seem a tad rude at first. He’s not at all rude; he’s just very straight-​forward. Let him make recommendations and do his job and you will be satisfied with the results. Also, they do not take cards, so be prepared and bring either cash or a check.