Gary’s Wheel Alignment

I walk in, and he is working on another car, I respectfully wait for him to be finished, I read other reviews about how he ignores you or you wait awhile. But he is one guy trying to run a shop, I also read he doesn’t take reservations so I walked in at 11:00 and i had to wait about 10 minutes, no biggie, and when he came to me to ask me what I needed, I don’t know how anyone could write anything rude about him. He is the sweetest older guy I have met, very soft spoken and extremely experienced. Took him about a half hour to do the whole thing, he test drove it before and after and gave me a killer deal! Only $ 45 I tipped $ 5 because I felt like he deserved it. And my car drives so nice now! Definitely recommend

I had heard online and from others that this was the place to go for my classic car, but ignored that advise and went somewhere else closer to my home. After two days trying to get my 69 Mustang aligned the other place gave up and also forgot to replace my camber bolt washer. I took my car to Gary’s the following day and was very pleased. He test drove my car, something the other place didn’t do. Then he inspected it thoroughly and pointed out my missing washer as well as two other areas that needed repair on my car. After I got the missing washer from the other shop to Gary, he was done within an hour and the car was set to the specs I requested and he charged less than other shops. I will definitely use this place again.

I’m generally a little nervous going to any mechanic I’m not familiar with because I’m afraid they’re going to try and rip me off. I did my research for a alignment place that knows classic cars. I read the reviews on here for Gary’s and I figured this was going to be the place to go! An old school mechanic to check the alignment on my 67 mustang. Perfect! I was having some steering issues and I hoped it was just the alignment and not a steering box issue. Showed up about 11am, walked up to the desk and started to sign in on the clipboard. I was greeted right away by Gary. He had a friendly demeanor and was soft spoken. Told him I needed to have the alignment looked at, he told me it will be about an hour. My husband followed me in his car so I went off to run some errands, returned at about 12:30 and my car was done! I paid less than any other place would have charged me, and my steering is straight, the car doesn’t pull to the right — I could not be happier! It was a hassle free experience.

Took my car to Gary after having a different shop install lowering springs and then give the car back with an obvious pull to the right. They said it was because of the new springs an in order to get it right is have to spend money on new parts and more labor. Gary drove the car and then put it on his rack and checked it out. He informed me that everything was within spec but the other shop had over tightened the strut and that was causing the problem. He didn’t even charge me for his time. Very cool.

I could not find an employee at the shop at 9:30am and called a few times from 1pm-1:30 and nobody picked up. Turns out it was a very busy day and he was test driving a client car he just finished. Gary ended up doing 15 alignments that day and says in his younger days, he would do over 20. This guy is old school and don’t expect much in the way of customer service, but he knows his stuff. Especially on older cars!
As Bryan mentioned, he does not take appointments. You have to put you name on a list and he does them first come first serve and you either drop it off and expect a long wait or have someone go with you and leave it for the day.
Avoid Monday and Fridays as several people take those days to do errands.

Called and Gary answered and said he «doesn’t do appointments». Fine so I stopped by. I walked in the office and awkwardly waited while Gary was talking on his cell phone on a personal call for about 7 minutes.
Place had no waiting area to speak of and no cash register or credit card machine so bring cash and a ride and expect «an hour or 2 «before they can get to your car.
I left promptly after he waived me away to sign in on the clip board.

I really can’t say enough good things about Gary, I have had Gary align all of my classic cars. Gary has been doing alignments longer than most of us have been a live so he knows what he is doing and he is good at it, LOL

This place is the best. Gary knows his craft and when you get your car done here you can bet it will drive down the road straight. If you want an expert, go see Gary. He has been in the biz a long time, and probably has done more alignments then anyone in the Valley. It’s cash only, no credit cards. The price is really reasonable, about $ 50

This is a wonderful place to get your alignment done on your vehicle. Gary is very old school in his shop. The whole shop has a certain «golden era» shine to it. There are hot rods in various states of paint and repair all around the shop.
Gary is very professional, and carries a towel with him so he doesn’t get grease on your car. His prices are UNBEATABLE.
He employs his granddaughter who kept herself busy the whole time she was there. Tidying up. Taking phone calls. Making conversation with patrons.
I’m a big fan of the family owned and operated, and Gary is no exception! Thank you for the spectacular alignment job on my car!
One thing to remember, Gary only takes CASH or CHECKS. VERY old school :)

I called Gary this morning for a wheel alignment on my ’07 Silverado. Quoted me $ 65 and I dropped it off shortly after. He called me 3 hours later to say truck was done. Charged me only $ 45 since it only needed toe in adjusted.
The week before I took my Truck to Network alignment on Cave Creek Rd and was told they couldn’t do the alignment because I had worn ball joints and would need new control arms and quoted me over $ 1400 to repair.
This is a no-​frills, old school shop that has a bunch of vintage cars and hot rods getting restored.
Thanks Gary!
Edit 4÷2÷15: I just brought my wife’s car in which was pulling to the right and I thought it needed a wheel alignment. I dropped it off on my way to lunch and he had it on the rack when I came back 30 mins later. Gary said it didn’t need to be aligned. It was probably a tire issue and there was no charge! He wouldn’t even take $ 20 for his time. Honesty is hard to come by in the auto repair business these days and I refer anyone I can to Gary.