I had a wheel alignment august 1st, 2024 at 65,000 miles to correct a steering wheel grabbing symptom. Car is at 70,000 miles now. I’ll be getting new tires this week ( all 4 of them will be new ). I don’t see the point in getting another costly alignment but I’m not a pro. Does a car need an al…

[image] ChrisTheTireWhisperer: I asked for a printout of my current conditions, and they all told me the same thing: “We will not generate a printout unless we do the alignment”. That’s what they really meant.

[image] ChrisTheTireWhisperer: I asked for a printout of my current conditions, and they all told me the same thing: “We cannot generate a printout unless we do the alignment” Most shops won’t entertain “window shoppers”, if you want the vehicle to go on the alignment rack, you need to bring …

[image] Nevada_545: Most shops won’t entertain “window shoppers”, if you want the vehicle to go on the alignment rack, you need to bring enough money for a wheel alignment. So they put a vehicle on the rack and the alignment was within specs (all good) and you are saying that they still charg…

My recommendation is to never get an alignment unless YOU detect a problem. As long as your tires wear evenly and last as long as you expected them to last, the alignment is good. Even potholes do not throw off an alignment although hitting a curb hard at an angle might. If you have components th…

Thanks Keith. Great info. My car ( A Lexus IS ) eats tire aggressively and is well documented here: All about Lexus IS premature inner tire wear - ClubLexus - Lexus Forum Discussion I hadn’t known before purchasing my car that the Lexus IS would force me to change tires every 15k-20k miles, desp…

[image] Clueless33: My car is poorly designed by Lexus, and, as a result, I’ll need to change tires pretty frequently. If you had asked on this forum prior to buying that car, people would have told you BMW vehicles are high maintenance.

[image] Nevada_545: If you had asked on this forum prior to buying that car, people would have told you BMW vehicles are high maintenance. Funny you mentioned this because I love BMWs and chose the Lexus believing it was cheaper to maintain. The BMW series 3 has similar supportive seats to t…

Any car is expensive to maintain, if you keep it several years

[image] Clueless33: change tires every 15k-20k miles, despite the tire brand ( continental ) claiming I can get about 45k-50k miles on them. Whenever you own/drive a performance oriented vehicle with staggard wheels/tires, running a lot of negative rear camber and sometimes a lot of front cas…

I’m guessing that the Lexus IS has more than normal negative camber. That is getting to be common in high performance cars. If the camber is not adjustable, you can get a camber kit that makes it adjustable, then dial in less camber. Cornering will be reduced but the tires will last longer.

Do I need a wheel alignment every time I buy new tires?

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Nevada_545 January 31, 2025, 8:27pm 18

If you had asked on this forum prior to buying that car, people would have told you BMW vehicles are high maintenance.

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Do I need a wheel alignment every time I buy new tires?

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