Interested to hear your take on this topic.. Does it make a difference if you have new tires before alignment? Would old tires affect alignment results once you get new tires on? Thoughts?
Get your alignment after that way you're not trashing expensive new tires.
And don't go to a tire store for alignment !
Do not perform the procedure on a vehicle that has uneven or out-of-round tires.
Changing to "Live Planes" within WinAlign software will compensate for
uneven tires during the alignment. The vehicle's on-road performance
will still be adversely affected by uneven tires.
Because if it costs $5000 to get your chassis in good enough shape to where it will hold an alignment, you might have to hold off for a while. In the meantime while you're saving up your money, you're not destroying new tires.I fail to understand why someone would prefer an alignment on old tires before replacing them?
BingoIt's a wheel alignment, not a tire alignment.
Alignments are a myth.I wouldn't get an alignment before or after buying new tires if the old tires were wearing evenly.
Finally. Someone that has a realistic experience and view of alignments and rotations. If tires aren’t wearing, then why throw away money, your time, and vehicle downtime? Recreational tire rotations will warp rotors thus creating premature brake work. Like all of us have one, this is my opinion. Municipal first responder fleet management career created my realistic view. If patrol cars can hold an alignment (as long as no suspension damage) over a lifecycle then John H. By-George Public’s vehicle can also…Alignments are a myth.
Take it from someone who has 2 lifetime alignments from Firestone.
There are a couple ways of looking at it, from the machine’s report.
My BMW pulled in at the BMW dealer, and all green.
The tech set every angle to the middle of the accepted range (they changed from before and after).
With Firestone, the car pulls in green. Nothing done, it’s backed out and ready for pickup.
Pre-pandemic the first one cost $150 and the second one $60. Both are more today.
I feel the same about tire rotations. And costco does this. If all 4 tires are the same for wear by tread depth, what is the purpose of changing their positions? They’ll slap a new sticker on and add miles to the current odo.
To your point, unless an alignment means changing the settings (normally it does not), then why do it.