kennett Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 Just noticed my Hilux is scrubbing a front tyre, dropped into Kwik fit on the way to some where else and apparently they can't adjust it because I have a reversing camera!! Its a not a snazzy one with parking aids, or anything like that, it's just a fish eye lense pretty much looking at the towball. What on earth difference could a couple of mm tracking change on the front do to a reversing camera?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 Take it somewhere else that does want the work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B725 Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 Lots of car's now have reversing cameras so on that basis they can't do any of these either. Did they say why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennett Posted July 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 35 minutes ago, B725 said: Lots of car's now have reversing cameras so on that basis they can't do any of these either. Did they say why? That's what I thought! Allegedly because they don't have the software to adjust the camera, which is built in to the tail gate and doesnt look adjustable...and what possible difference could a few mm of adjustment on a front wheel make to a camera 10ft away?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 Make a note not to use them in the future and as said go elsewhere. Sounds ridiculous to me as since when has the position of a camera been covered by law? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBob1 Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 Sums up my experience of Kwik Fit -- laxy and ignorant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchap Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 We have this problem with our vans. A lot of companies assume the reversing camera is geared into the steering (its supposed to move slightly when you turn the wheel aids parking allegedly) They say they can adjust the tracking but cannot adjust the camera to match the alterations. Sounds a load of bowlax to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 thats one place i wont go to,they are a rip off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnytheboy Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 On 22/07/2018 at 13:26, kennett said: That's what I thought! Allegedly because they don't have the software to adjust the camera, which is built in to the tail gate and doesnt look adjustable...and what possible difference could a few mm of adjustment on a front wheel make to a camera 10ft away?! Do you have the lines on the camera that show you where the car is going based on the steering angle? I dont know about hiluxes but bmws etc have lines that move as you move the steering wheel showing you where the car will end up if you keep reversing. Those need calibrated if you do steering adjustment. But their suspension is much more complicated than a hilux as it has a fixed rear axle that can’t be adjusted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennett Posted August 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 15 hours ago, johnnytheboy said: Do you have the lines on the camera that show you where the car is going based on the steering angle? I dont know about hiluxes but bmws etc have lines that move as you move the steering wheel showing you where the car will end up if you keep reversing. Those need calibrated if you do steering adjustment. But their suspension is much more complicated than a hilux as it has a fixed rear axle that can’t be adjusted. No it doesn't have any fancy pants parking lines, but I'm guessing that's what they were on about. Any way, took to a big independent place down the road and they did it no questions asked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnytheboy Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 Then it doesn’t need calibrated or special tools then! Keillor fit were talking rubbish as we assumed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 thats the last place i would go,is kwik fit, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandspider Posted August 6, 2018 Report Share Posted August 6, 2018 They charged me £3.00 to fill a tyre with nitrogen, which I didn't ask for. If I'd noticed before driving away I'd have got them to take it back out again, and put in normal air which is ~78% nitrogen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonmick Posted August 6, 2018 Report Share Posted August 6, 2018 I was asked once if I wanted my new tyres filled with nitrogen a couple of pound per tyre. I said I would if they showed me how they extracted the air that was in the tyre to ensure the tyres were only nitrogen filled. I left with good old fashioned Air in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 Contrary to their adverts you CAN get better than a quick fit fitter...... a lot better.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbower Posted August 10, 2018 Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 Ah, but you cant get thicker than a quick fit fitter. My daughters old fiesta failed its mot on two weeping rear shock absorbers, so I replaced them with good Monroe units. Three months later , she is back at uni, gets a puncture and goes to QF, Who tell her after fixing the tyre , that the car was unsafe to drive really as the rear shocks were knackered.????? I rang the manager of the depot , who insisted his fitter was right .She drove away , I drove the 40 miles the next evening to inspect these so called knackered units , and guess?????? They were fine , no leaks, nothing . They saw a young lady , and thought they could worry/ con her into spending money unnecessarily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted August 10, 2018 Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 Anyone daft enough to go in there deserves all they get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 Just one tiny thing this isn’t the front near side tyre is it? Every pickup / 4x4 I have had has scrubbed this tyre, I think due to roundabouts. I swap tyres around to minimise the effect but it seems to always happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClemFandango Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 On 06/08/2018 at 23:06, bostonmick said: I was asked once if I wanted my new tyres filled with nitrogen a couple of pound per tyre. I said I would if they showed me how they extracted the air that was in the tyre to ensure the tyres were only nitrogen filled. I left with good old fashioned Air in them. Air is 78% nitrogen anyway, your tyres are mostly filled with good old fashioned nitrogen anyhow, it's just the other 22% you have to worry about. luckily they didn't extract any more % money from your wallet. I was in an ATS in Port Talbot a few years ago when scrap was really high and an old lady came in who's car wouldn't start - flat battery. They sold her a new battery for some extortionate amount and then they were going to charge her £8 to dispose of the old one - this was when I was getting £12/old 644 batteries from the scrappy. I told her not to do it and paid her a tenner for her battery, I even got the guy to lift it into my van!! Robbing ********. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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