Mediapainter

Westend Alignment is the best, the end.

After you’ve sunk thousands of dollars into your adjustable coilover suspension (at least 2-way), you’ll need to get an alignment to uncap the potential that now lies within your car. If you’ve got a car that requires additional parts for camber adjustment in the rear, I would recommend you get those parts too and get it all setup at the same time. For us Subaru GR STi owners, Cusco makes lateral links to adjust camber in the rear up to -3 degrees. Darin would prefer to work with lateral links as opposed to the Whiteline Rear Camber Bushing Kit.

Don’t cheap out and use band aid solutions; get the real thing, if you’re serious about performance. Once you know you’re ready, give Darin a call and schedule your appointment two weeks in advance. Two weeks you ask? If you absolutely have to get aligned before hand, I’d take it somewhere else; but if you can wait two weeks, your car will handle like Hades’ chariot of death when all is said and done. Do yourself a favor, wait the two weeks, and thank all parties involved. That’s just how good he is!

When you make an appointment, you better be prepared to bet your life on that appointment and make sure you get there early. Darin aligns every single car himself because he’s a perfectionist and can’t stand the thought of even one car making it out of his shop not perfect. His shop is actually a good size and he could easily hire another guy to go through twice the cars and make more money, but again, if one car isn’t perfect, he can’t bear the thought. That’s the kind of guy you want working on your suspension!

I’ve tried Robispec as well as Firestone alignments; Robispec was above average, however I still think Darin’s alignment is superior. Oh that reminds me, make sure you get corner balanced too; it makes a difference. Now I bet you’re wondering, so how does my car handle now? Handling is so sick, it’s confidence inspiring. When I get on the throttle the rear just keeps on rotating and my understeer problems are a distant memory. Turn-in is significantly improved, and I’m still yet to turn on the track settings.

Darin knows I go to the track often and what he decided to have me do is when I get to the track, max out my camber plates to -4, which will also give me a little toe out in the front. He said it’d be my little secret to shave that extra 3/4 of a second to beat my friends. When the track day is over I can go back to my normal setting and preserve the tires, bringing the toe back to 0. How cool is that? No one does it better.

Westend Alignment
18008 S Vermont Ave
Gardena, CA 90248
(310) 808-9233