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GTR_Legend Proficient

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hey guys,

just wondering when u get a wheel alignment, is there anything they should do with the hicas when they align it??

thanx 85URK

They should leave the car running while doing it!

85URK Grand Master

85URK

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bunch of comedians arent we, thanx anyway, i think i know what the problem is, when i had a wheel alignment just recently... apparently that doesnt include balancing of the 4 wheels, so they only did the 2 reear tyres they replaced... pretty f**kin stupid if u ask me, i wanted them to do the balance aswell but i though it was all included in the alignment.....

Duncan Grand Master

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yeah balancing is a seperate service, really it should only need to be done when you put a tyre on a rim, unless you loose a weight it should not really change in the life of the tyre....

R33S2 Grand Master

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I wish. my last set of firestones were so crappily made that the balance was done 3 times over thier short life span, When I asked them why they told me they were crap and had the same problem with other owners of these tyres. I have Yokohama R1s now much happier.

MerlinTheHapyPig Mentor

MerlinTheHapyPig

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if the tyre wears evenly, the balance won't change. but this is rarely the case...

balancing and alignment are separate things. It shouldn't cost you much to take the car back and get the front wheels balanced, should only be $10 or so per wheel.

or just go back and argue with them. Say, cmon, you got a full wheel alignment done and 2 new tyres farkin balance the fronts! it will take them 10 minutes...

vl_rb26 Contributor

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hey all first things first you are supposed to get your tyres rotated and balanced every ten thousand km's and a wheel alignment too and if you over inflate your tyres will wear in the middle if you ander inflate they will wear on the outside if you don't rotate enough they will start to heel and toe which in other words parts of the tread will lift and they will make a howling noise and you should be carerful where you take it to get wheel aligned some people are dodgey remember if you have too much neg camber your tyres will wear on the inside and yeah you should get a print out when you get it done saying what the specs are and what settings you had and what they are now just watch out some places do rip you off too

85URK Grand Master

85URK

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well for starters i can rotate my rims bcoz of the fronts being a 235 and the rear being a 255 also they are directional tyres so can even swap sides. they re balanced the front wheels for me, which were taken off at another tyres shop to remove grass from and off i had. which he did not do a balance for me when they were put back on bcoz i told him not to, so iwhen i got new tyres i would get them all done at once (thinking it was included in the wheelalignmet) silly me. also one of the weights was missing off the front wheel. so that was the shudder in could feel. its all good now they fixed it all for $10.

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WTF-33R Proficient

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The thread ive been looking for! so all i have to do is drive my car on the 4 post set the steering wheel straight and adjust everything to specs?

does anybody have the specs incase its not on my work wheel aligner?

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ecr33noob Apprentice

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The thread ive been looking for! so all i have to do is drive my car on the 4 post set the steering wheel straight and adjust everything to specs?

does anybody have the specs incase its not on my work wheel aligner?

Just want to add to this becuase i need to get my r33 aligned but they dont have that car listed in their system...which car do i tell them to use?? :P

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