Wheel alignment

[simong800]

Hi All,

Have had a run in with a pothole in my Panamera in the past week or so, and have noticed my car is pulling to the left quite a bit ever since. I am assuming that I have knocked the wheel alignment....

Porsche have quoted £234 to sort, based on my diagnosis. Is it worth paying them to do this, or will they simply be doing the same job as a Kwik Fit/Euromaster/whoever else that charge quite significantly less?

Many thanks

[996TT02]

Hi, bad news, alignment does not just "go" alignment is basically a measurement. That measurement has changed, because something is damaged (bent).

Possibly a lower wishbone, but could be quite a few things, so it does need looking at and whatever needs sorting, sorting.

[fossilfuelled]

having suffered something similar, i imagine unless it was a really crazy pothole, you've buckled a wheel first and foremost. or slightly blown out a tyre, so there is a bulge in the sidewall. Following on from both of those, you may have bent one of the struts. Get a local place to get it on a lift and turn the wheels. do they run true? are the tyres ok? if yes, great, use this as an excuse to call centre gravity and get them to set the car up for you. night and day difference and only a little more than what Porsche quoted for far better work.

[simong800]

Thanks all, going to take it into Porsche and see what other damage has been done