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19in to 20in wheels - Do I need alignment?
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| 08-02-2011, 01:10 PM | #1 |
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19in to 20in wheels - Do I need alignment?
I just purchased the 20inch 312 Ferric Gray Wheels and the dealer is telling me I need to have the car realigned (at $350) because of the jump from 19 to 20. He says I will wear through tires very quickly. I was curious and called another dealer and got a different answer. Which was "I don't need it!"
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My dealer swapped stock 18's for 356 20's and no alignment was needed. They only had to balance the wheels.
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| 08-04-2011, 08:01 PM | #7 |
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The only reason you would need to realign a vehicle is if it already has bad tire wear or you adjust any kind of suspension components. Upsizing wheels would not alter the suspension.
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| 05-01-2012, 04:12 PM | #11 |
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An alignment no! but a good balancing yes!
I had my new rims fitted and they did a crappy job of balancing the wheels...as a result I had wobble at higher speeds. Had the balancing done again with a Hunter road force machine and the wobble is gone. I was told that road force isn't necessary on new rims/tires....I beg to differ  |
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| 05-06-2012, 05:21 PM | #12 |
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I don't know about in your case, but on a previous X5, I went from the stock 19" to 20" wheels and the alignments was way off...as a result the interior edges of the tires wore down very quickly and I had to ditch them even though there was good tread left. I'd say it's worthwhile to have the alignment checked when going up a size as the alignments specs are likely different for the 20" wheel/tire set.
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| 05-06-2012, 07:36 PM | #13 |
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You don't need to get an alignment unless the alignment was off with your old wheels...
Why would increasing the wheel size have any effect on the alignment? Hint: It doesn't... |
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