Alignment woes and questions

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essex0727
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Hey guys well im doing this post on my ipod so forgive myspelling and lack of punctuation. BUT. I need to get some tires and im worried about the alignment and wheel wear. Well my wheels in the rear are a 0 offset. This brings me to my first qiestion whic is the offset cannot be aligned out of the wheel. Obviously the offset is not gunna just go away but can tjey overcorret for the offset of the wheel. Also what are some good things to make sure they do while they are putting the tire on. Someone toldmme to make them print a sheet and make sure everything is "in the green". I need some help guys please and thankyou. Btw only rear tires are being put on and i have stock suspension minus kyb struts. If that helps you help me lol.


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I am so confused. Alignment and wheel offset don't have much to do with each other, except if you need to add negative camber to get tires to fit in fender wells.

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Raz007
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I am also confused. Just changing your tires shouldn't change your alignment, unless you are drastically changing tire size.

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The biggest wear angle is toe. If you have stock suspension in the rear, thats about the only parameter you have for adjustments. Chances are that when you get the car aligned, its gonna be a "Toe n' Go".

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OEM rear allow for slight camber adjustment, only. But changing wheels with different offset and tires will definitively affect the alignment. I think you should get a decent set of RUCA's for now.


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