soggynuts

anybody know anything about alligning tires?? mine is all messed up and i am totally flat broke. if theres anyway to do it myself i need to know. or a really cheap place to get it done maybe



grr i hate using my credit card

dorifto88

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i know a place that does it in roseville for 53 bux.

im sure there are cheaper.

gluck!

soggynuts

hrmph. i gotta drive like 3-400 miles tomorrow..

my poor tires!!!

Nick Koan

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I just went to Big-O not too long ago. Their prices were, $20 if nothing was wrong. $45 if only the front wheels were out of alignment, and $70 if all four wheels were out of alignment.

I'm convinced that my rear wheels were fine, but they charged me for aligning them anyways *grr*

As for doing it yourself, I've seen a few people do it before. You need this weird little level thingy, loosen some screws/bolts somewhere, smack on your wheels a bit with a Ford tool, tighten those screws/bolts back on.

dorifto88

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dude w t h is wrong with your tires?

soggynuts

i think its just my front ones. but they are wearing down really fast on the inside (maybe thats supposed to happen?) and it pulls to the left when im driving

Nick Koan

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I believe that wearing on the inside isn't a definite sign of misalignment (depends on the severity) but pulling to the left definitely is.

Daredevil

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no
i've seen it
its prety bad
like
completely bald for about 2 to 3 inche son the insides of the tire

and it pulls to the left pretty hard :\

Nick Koan

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Doh, that sucks

Hopefully you can find a cheap/good place to get this fixed at.

Batto

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Hit a curb/pothole maybe? Stock suspension on a WRX only allows a camber adjustment on the front, and toe at all 4 corners. factory spec for the front is -.5 camber on the front, and around -1.0 to -1.5 on the rear. Might just be a toe issue. Does it really pull (ie, let go of the wheel, and the wheel turns on it's own) or is it just a crooked steering wheel? Check if the tire is sitting a little further in the wheel well as opposed to the opposite side. If it's off alot, caster may be out, can't fix it with stock hardware. Time to look for some camber/caster plates.

Les Schwab does it for 69.95 for a 4-wheel align, 45.95 for the fronts if the rears don't need anything. Just don't bring it in, I don't feel like aligning any WRXs today ^^;;

soggynuts

i dont have a wrx

Batto

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Whoops, sorry, my bad for assuming >_>

IIRC though, the adjustments are almost all the same for the majority of subies, so just take out the wrx from my post above and substitute xD

Also if your rear tires arent wearing out, you can always request the fronts only be adjusted. Or, if you can find a shop that'll do it, request a centerline adjustment, which only adjusts your total toe to the geometric centerline of the car, which should be like 20 bucks or so. Dont expect a straight steering wheel though if your rears are pointing out to the side or something...

soggynuts

thanks a lot. i really appreciate but my stupid *** forgot to mension i dont have a subaru, i have an audi a4....

i just post here cuz a few of my friends do... but i am shopping for an rs at the moment!

thanks again i appreciate it