I gave Roger a call to get my new set of wheels and tires mounted and balanced. I also got an alignment afterward to dial in my suspension settings for my Subaru BRZ. Roger was very patient with me after I left out some details about what I wanted done, resulting in him having to scrap paper work 3 times. I met Stuart, the tech that worked on my car and was excited to find that he owned the beautiful white Subaru Hawk-eye that was parked outside. He was very friendly and we chatted about cars for a while. The wheels and tires were mounted and balanced without a problem. Not a scratch on my shiny new wheels. However, there was some left over grease which I believe was from the alignment tools. Not a big deal and it wiped off easily. Stuart was able to hit the numbers I requested on the alignment rack without issue and I am very happy with the car's handling. I'll be taking my car back to get future alignments as my driving skills improve. Roger Kraus Racing is a great shop with fair prices and friendly staff. Highly recommended for all your tire and alignment needs. read more

great service, polite and good prices. highly recommend these guys. there is a girl who works there who is suffering from road rage. she drives a white early 90's dodge ram with a krause racing sticker on the back. don't follow her to close or every time she see's you she will be out for revenge. if you're going to drive like a sixteen year old you should take that sticker off. makes the company look bad. try uber or a bicycle. read more

Owning an all-wheel-drive Subaru, I am fully aware of the fact that if something happens to one of my tires I will most likely need to replace all 4 of them. Subaru stipulates that the tread of all 4 tires need to be within so much of one-another and if it's not, your transmission may suffer. I recently got a flat that was unrepairable. I went to the place I purchased the tires from and they gave me a discount on a replacement, but said that the tread was on the verge of being too much for the rest of the 3 tires. On a recommendation I called up Roger Kraus and took my car in to have the tire shaved. This process took 1 hour because I have all-season tread which makes it difficult. But the guys at Roger Kraus kept at it and made sure it was done right. They measured the opposite tire's center and edge depths and matched it to my new tire. If you have a Subaru or any other all-wheel-drive car, don't let the tire stores tell you you need 4 new tires - buy a new one and take it here and Roger Kraus' crew will get you back on the road- read more

For people with AWD cars that have a flat - I seriously recommend you stop by Roger Kraus tp get your spare and/or new tire shaved down instead of replacing a full set. This place gets more than 5 stars. I recently made an appointment here to have two tires shaved down on my AWD. First, I think this is the only place in Northern California that provides a tire-shaving service, but even if there were 10 places that provide this service, I would still go to Roger Kraus. Not only are these guys extremely professional, but they are also super nice, honest, and pleasant to work with. I think they did a superior job shaving the tires and I would definitely return for tire services in the future. read more

I wish there was a way to give more than 5 stars for this place! I got run off the road by a truck on Crow Canyon Road and went over the little island there pretty hard and messed up all my tires and rims.The truck of course ran off since he caused it. I was getting quotes for $1200+ for this and was so afraid that I would never be able to get my car back. I am a single mom with a special needs child and I take him to all his appointments by car so that was very hard. Brandon from Roger Kraus racing took care of me so much by fixing my car for an AMAZING price. I actually cried when getting off the phone because he was just so generous and truly cared. This place is truly the most wonderful place and I will continue to go back whenever I need to. This place totally made my Christmas wish come true and I cannot thank them enough for that. Have no doubt that they will take great care of your car. They are truly wonderful! Thank you again Brandon Kraus for everything. read more

Another VERY satisfied customer. Brandon and Lewis are excellent to work with and are these guys professional or what? I'm a TRUE BELIEVER now. read more

I appreciate the outstanding customer service that your staff has provided, Your staff was very attentive and helpful. The employees I interacted with, especially Renee, were very knowledgeable about your store's service line and seemed genuinely interested in helping me find the services that I needed. Because of their efforts, I was able to find exactly what I needed and I am very satisfied.. I will continue to visit your site in the future, as well as recommend it to others. Please let Renee, as well as the other employees in the department, know that their efforts did not go unnoticed. You have put together a great team that makes customers feel respected and valued. read more

My alignment was so bad, my car had to be towed to Kraus Tire! I had suspension work done by another great shop in the area, and while their work was top notch, they did not have means to align my car. They recommended I go to Roger Kraus for an alignment. I am glad I did! I received superb customer service and a superb alignment. Car feels planted and a lot more confident. I described what I wanted out of the car and the guys understood and did exactly what I asked for. Thanks again Brandon and the team! read more

great service, great high end selection. they pay close attention to the details.

I called in to make an appointment was put on hold for a while and was told he was booked all day and tomorrow in a very rude tone. =/

I cannot imagine how awesome this place must be! I live in Santa Cruz, but I ran into a lady (Renee) who works at Roger Kraus Racing and was wearing a shirt. I did not know what the company was, so I asked her about it. Most people would just say, ug, its where I work, and then continue what they were doing. This lady was perhaps the best ambassador for a brand I've met! I am seriously bringing my next car that needs tires to her, as she told me about the insanely amazing services that they offer, and the high profile cars they work on. I did not even know people hand make tire groves and modify tires for crazy traction! It was just cool to hear about what they do, and I cannot wait to come check out the shop and get some amazing custom tires when the time comes. AWESOME! read more

I had a flat. I showed up after lunch on a weekday, drove it right into the garage, they spent about 20 minutes doing a very thorough and professional patch job, and it was $16. read more

This is where I get my cars aligned. This is where I know the job will get done right. They even bent a bent suspension piece back into shape while doing an alignment. read more

I heard good things about Roger Kraus so I had to check them out. They're closer to me then the alignment shop I usually go in to. I was able to schedule an appointment within two days(which I thought was awesome. I'm use to waiting a week or two). Brandon Kraus was the tech who worked on my car. Overall pretty straight forward guy. He advised me to shave some of my fender in order to get better tire clearance so I had them do that for me as well. Brandon sat down with me and explained to me the alignment work that was done. People where very friendly and down to earth. From beginning to end it was all a very good customer experience. I finally found a closer place to get good alignments done right. read more

Roger Kraus Racing took care of my suspension woes. I live in Richmond and make the trip to Castro Valley to make sure the work is done right the first time-- a shop I now trust. Based on the previous comment, it looks like they treat both non- car enthusiasts and enthusiasts very well. read more

I bought my 2005 G35 and it was already lowered. The guy didn't correct the camber at all, so the inside of the rear tires was the only rubber on the road. A friend of mine recommended I give these guys a call, Brandon took great care, ordered the parts and I brought the car in the next week. They swapped the control arms, fixed the camber, readjusted the suspension on all four wheels and reconfigured the cars internal computer to match everything up. It feels like a different car completely, doesn't loose traction when accelerating around corners anymore! I wish I would have had this done a year ago. If you have a lowered G35 or 350Z, call Brandon, make an appointment, you won't be disappointed! read more

Great place for tire installation and alignments. These fellas know what they are doing. They just purchased a new touch-less tire installer machine that keep your wheels from getting dinged or scratched up during the tire install process. All the techs are friendly too! Brendan is a stand up guy too! Support their long time family owned business. read more

HIGHLY recommended. From high end race cars, to street racers to ordinary street cars, these guys know their business. I have never experience such awesome customer service and knowledge of any tire imaginable. They know their tires, alignments and plain flat out *stuff*. I wouldn't go anywhere else. read more

Great and courteous service. Prices are on par with online prices. It's also great to be able to get tires changed and alignment done at the same place. This way if anything goes wrong (not that I anticipate anything to go wrong) you only have one shop to deal with. read more

Great work on my car. I had a very tricky problem with a rear Ball Joint and a wheel bearing that wasn't seated in my old Italian sports car and they not only did it for much less than I hoped to pay, but followed up with me every step of the way. Roger and Brandon are real honest people, with real experience and who have the kind of shop that can work on any car, any year and aren't playing around. Cool place to go and a great honest resource! read more

When you drive up and see a garage full of race cars being worked on you know you have come to the right place. I set up an appointment for my Mustang's alignment prior to my open track run at thunderhill. Brandon and crew knew what I needed for a proper set up. They even adjusted my bumpsteer. All at the same rate as shops that wouldnt know anything about custom alignment specs. I highly recommend this place! read more

On my customized merc C43/C55 conversion I went to three different places to dial in my suspension. Finally I went here, the mechanic listened to what I wanted and noticed I was stressed out. He said "don't worry, I got you" OMG!!!! When I got my car back a couple of days later, it was DIALED. Absolutely exactly how I wanted it. I will never go anyeher else for my suspension, wheel and tire needs. thanks!!! read more

I buy all of my race tires through RKR! Best in the business and untouchable customer service and knowledge. Highly recommend them and a great way to support a local business! read more

Found this place through a friend of mine, and decided to get my car aligned again. Have taken it to numerous places and left quite unhappy before so upon reading the positive reviews I knew that I should give Roger Kraus a try. I set up an appointment and came in, greeted by one of the guys out in the garage. Service is super professional and friendly; everybody there is super chill. Lewis did the alignment on my car and he told me about everything without me even asking. The car drives great and the steering wheel is dead straight. I love it, would recommend Lewis and the whole crew to anybody looking to get work done on their car. Thanks so much! read more

They installed my adjusted the height settings on my coilovers incorrectly while doing my corner balancing. The alignment they did was fine, but because the coilovers were left loose the ride heights changed and eventually messed with my alignment. The car was practically undriveable above 50mph after this because the rear toe was all out of whack. read more

I've been a long time returning customer to Roger Kraus Racing. I heard about them word of mouth from car and driving enthusiasts. I just installed a new set of tires and the work was flawless as usual. The wheels were unscratched and my new tires installed and balanced properly. The also offer alignments and the staff is extremely knowledgeable as they cater to professional auto racing. I've seen many high end cars such as Ferrari's and Porsche's getting wheels, tires and/or alignments. You also find dedicated race cars being worked on, too. They offered feedback and tips on proper alignment and tire pressure settings, and suggestions on how to extend tire life on cars with staggered tire sizes. The price is fair, about $33 - $35 to mount/balance a tire. But the attention to detail and experience are worth it, to me. The staff was helpful and cordial as well. read more

Let me just start by saying that this is where many members of the Diablo/Golden Gate Regions of the Porsche Club of America go for their suspension work, tires, and alignment. We tend to be a decently knowledgeable group and we swear by this place. If you try them, you will too. Roger and Brandon have worked on 2 of my Porsche 911s. The first one (1988 Carrera), I only ever used them, so I cannot compare them with anyone else. The second, however, (1994 Carrera 4S), was actually worked on by another very reputable shop first. But lets just say Brandon "fixed" its handling. I brought it in to have the ride height adjusted and have a larger rear sway bar installed - the car was feeling twitchy and exhibited comparatively more body roll in the rear than the front. (The '94 wears Bilstein PSS9s) After much study, Roger and Brandon determined that the car did not need any more "bar" but rather adjusted the rear toe, added a bit more negative camber in the front and took out a bunch of negative camber in the rear and voila. It was perfect. Theirs is a study. Its not trial and error, as it seemingly is with many other specialty shops. And they aspire to find the best solution, not the one which yields them the most money. They could have custom made me a new rear sway bar as a worse solution, and charged me a bunch more money, but they didn't. Roger and Brandon's experience come from racing. And suspensions are their business. Period. If suspension/alignment is what you need looked after, look no further. read more

I've taken 3 cars here over the past 12+ years for alignment and corner balancing for autocross and track. The cars were each very different, but the results the same. Excellent handling and tire wear from a very knowledgeable staff. read more

I have a 2011 VW Jetta wagon, was experiencing SEVERE tire wear on inner left rear for two years. Dealer said it was in spec, that I needed to buy different tires. Euro Tech in Livermore sent it out to an alignment shop and they said "meets spec". Neither one made the slightest effort to fix the problem.Then I remembered Roger Kraus (used to work in CV), wasn't sure if they worked on street cars. Called them up and took car in. Brandon looked at the car and told me that the other shops made no effort to adjust the suspension. I made an appointment for the next week, Brandon told me not to worry, we will get it fixed. They tilted tire up half of a degree (still in spec!), problem gone. They also set the right side to match. I have to give these guys five stars because they were the only ones willing to do their job. Pretty sad that the other shops were lazy or incompetent. As soon as I met Brandon and he looked at my car, I was VERY confident that it would get fixed, that is a good feeling to have at an auto repair establishment. You know that guys who work on race cars can think, and will find a solution. ONLY place my vehicles will go for alignment from now on. Bill Potts Livermore read more

I have been taking my cars to Roger Kraus for at least 15 years. The staff is very helpful and professional. From the top down, Roger, Brandon, Shawn #1, Shawn #2 (aka Lewis), et al, you couldn't ask for a more ethical and skilled group. Their prices are the same or lower than those name brand shops that never have the same techs the next time you come in for a visit. For the tech junkies, it is the only shop I have ever been in where the word "trigonometry" has been used on multiple occasions. They just plain know how cars work and how to get the most out of them, even if it is just a normal old daily driver. Why would you even bother looking elsewhere? read more

Roger Kraus just so you know you are only making your company look Worse with the fake comment. I'd appreciate it if you actually took the time to apologize on here Instead of you responding to my previous report with another obvious fake 5 star review. Its really sad how this is all over some simple wheel fitting that anyone could have done themselves with the right garage and tools. You guys don't even do half of the things that you offer your customers what's up with that? -Now I know how you have such perfect ratings, its because most of them are Fake of course all Written by yourselves. and its really not hard to tell. read more

I had never been in the shop bit found they were a preferred installer for an online dealer. Tom was extremely helpful, they had great prices on tires, and the whole crew was very helpful even though i was a small customer sale. I would recommend them to anybody! read more

Wow, these guys are so Knowledgeable and professional. I came in for an alignment on my GT500, They explained everything first, and then came in 125.00 under original quote. I will defiantly be back. Thanks guys!!! read more

I recently had all four of my tires replaced here. Tom provided excellent service from initially talking me through the different brand options and price points, to reminding me to bring in my MDX because I wanted to run the options by my husband. I needed Tom's reminders being a busy mom and business owner. When I finally brought the car in to the shop, the installation was efficient and I was able to pay a lot less than my mechanic quoted me. I am very happy with the end result. read more

Roger Kraus Racing is on top of their game. Excellent customer service, great crew, awesome owners! It was a pleasure having my tire repaired at this location. You have earned a customer for life. Thank you very much! read more

My overall experience with Roger Kraus was positive and I would highly recommend to everyone! A nail had punctured my tire and was very close to the sidewall. Instead of replacing one tire, I was told by Audi that I had to replace all 4 tires on my car b/c of the Quattro system (estimated cost of $1500). Insane considering that the other 3 tires only had 3 yrs of wear on it (25k miles on a 2008 Audi). My husband looking into this further and told me that I didn't have to replace all 4 tires - instead, I could simply take the brand new spare tire I had and have it shaved down so that the treads were equal to the three existing tires. I scoured the internet and came across Roger Kraus. I contacted them and they immediately knew what I needed done. We scheduled an appointment and had my tire shaved. The extra bonus was that they even repaired the damaged tire (even though Audi told me they couldn't) and now I use it as my spare. The staff at Roger Kraus were extremely friendly, professional, and knowledgeable! When it comes time to replace all 4 tires and spare on my car, I will not hesitate to go back to Roger Kraus! read more

I had them align my 2015 Corvette Z06 because no one could. I walked in and they started on the car right away. Their rack is laser guided and they used additional tools to set rear caster. No one else knew how to set rear caster. That's reason 1 to go here, and literally is the only reason I need. Everytime they did something they came and told me. The guy that aligned it (Stuart?) was great, he showed me the tools and that it showed 0 caster on each rear wheel as needed. Then he helped me install some other gear on the car while it was on the rack! How about that! The car drives like a million bucks and they set everything to the decimal. read more

If you do any performance driving this is the only place to go for a quality alignment. I went to Roger Kraus Racing after several positive recommendations and was not disappointed. I had done some suspension upgrades for an upcoming track day and took my Subaru STI into Roger Kraus for a custom alignment. The work they did really brought the car together. At Laguna Seca the amount of grip I had was unbelievable. I'll be back in the near future to get a set of track tires fitted for the car. read more

I'm very pleased I found R. K. Racing. They're going to be my go to shop for tire service. From the service writer, shop foreman and the two shop techs, all staff encountered were courteous. My car has low profile tires, thin and fragile paint on the 19" wheels and fragile brake rotors prone to chipping. Shop staff took the utmost care in patching that tire and not an issue was to be found afterwards. Also, tire was inflated to the proper psi and lug nuts properly torqued. Lastly, prior to the patchwork, shop staff asked me my preferred method of lifting the car. I really appreciated that! BTW, the administration office is awesome, period correct and loaded with racing history patina. read more

Roger Kraus Racing - Z/28 - Tires Near Me - Castro Valley, California

Had my alignment done here, and I am happy with the level of professionalism I received. I have not a single complain. Will Be Back Again!