Pro-Align, the exclusive UK distributor of Hunter alignment equipment, has been in contact recently with the owner of one independent garage which is reaping the benefits of regular wheel alignment work. Read on to find how this workshop is keeping their business like their customer’s tyres: pointing forward.   Meet Pat Coyne, owner of Coyne Tyres, a garage which goes far beyond tyre-fitting to include brakes, shocks, batteries and ...

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Point-S UK explains the benefits of all-season tyres, a useful upsell for independent garages at any time of year. The fundamental challenge with all-season tyres has always been the compromise between summer and winter performance characteristics. Traditional rubber compounds that remain flexible in sub-zero temperatures tend to become too soft in summer heat, increasing rolling ...

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Pro-Align are getting garages engaged when it comes to convincing customers that wheel alignment is good for them and their car. For more than 30 years, Pro-Align has empowered workshops across the UK and Ireland by supplying Hunter wheel alignment and servicing technology. Pro-Align supplies, installs, and maintains garage equipment designed to make your business ...

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As vehicle technology advances, precision and reliability in wheel and tyre servicing have never been more important. Sealey outline it’s range of workshop tools designed to make every job faster, safer, and more efficient. Wheel and tyre maintenance remains a core element of routine vehicle servicing and repair. As roads and vehicles continue to evolve, ...

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Craig Welch of workshop equipment supplier, Pro-Align, outlines some key solutions to the most common problems associated with tyre changing.  The process of changing tyres is often overlooked by many. However, industry experts estimate that more than 30 million replacement car tyres are fitted in the UK each year, meaning it’s an area that deserves ...

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Andrew Bates, MD of Straightset, is arguing you need to be taking wheel alignment in-house and reaping the benefits in the process. For many independent garages, wheel alignment still feels like a specialist service which is seen as complicated, time-consuming and best subcontracted to a neighbouring workshop. But the truth is, modern alignment systems have ...

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Mahle Aftermarket is responding to the growing acceptance within the garage sector of the vital role ADAS has to play. With the right equipment and training, workshops can ensure proper system functionality and avoid costly mistakes when servicing ADAS systems. With Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems becoming increasingly common on modern vehicles, the need for accurate calibration ...

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Independent garages could do worse than following the example of one Scottish Toyota dealership who recently turned to Straightset for a complete workshop fit out. At the start of 2023, Toyota GB approached Straightset with a new challenge. It needed to take an old but high-performing dealership in Scotland and completely overhaul its equipment and ...

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Maha UK discusses its DUO CM lifts, some of its most popular lifts that provide workshops with an ideal platform for inspecting vehicle wheel alignment. Maha UK provides a range of lifts, with the DUO CM being one of its most sought-after models. Available in various specifications, such as the in-ground ‘U’ model or the ...

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Garage equipment specialist Absolute Alignment is arguing that pot holes, whilst a headache for drivers, can be a source of profit for workshops. What gets bigger the more you take out of it? Pot hole profit margins… In the latest RAC report ‘RAC Pothole Index – statistics and data for UK roads’ the motoring organisation ...

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