An alignment is the cheapest tire you will ever buy. A car that pulls or wears one edge is eating a set of tires that a single adjustment would have saved.
New tires fitted and balanced, with the old ones disposed of.
Front to rear on the pattern your vehicle calls for, so a set wears evenly instead of in pairs.
Plugged and patched properly from the inside where the puncture allows it.
Camber, caster and toe set to specification, with the worn steering or suspension parts causing the problem identified first.
A pull, a crooked wheel, or uneven wear across the tread are the three usual signs. It is also worth checking after new tires or a hard pothole.
It depends where the puncture is. Tread punctures are usually repairable; sidewall damage is not, and we will not patch one that should not be patched.
Yes. Worn tie rods or ball joints will pull the alignment straight back out, so we check them before setting anything.
It depends on whether your vehicle takes a two-wheel or a four-wheel alignment and on whether anything worn has to come off first, so we check the suspension before quoting. Call with the year, make and model and you will have the figure in a minute.
About an hour on most cars once it is on the rack, and almost always same day. It runs longer if a seized adjuster has to be freed or a worn tie rod has to be replaced first, and you will hear about that before the clock starts rather than afterwards.
Walk-ins welcome six days a week. The inspection is free whether or not you have the work done.
