New alignment for different wheels??

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New alignment for different wheels??

Postby wun911 » Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:50 am

When you put on larger rims with wider rubber on a stock car do you have to get a new alignment?

Technically I have raised the height of the car due to the slighly larger wheel, so am I now riding with less camber??

Does a wider tread give you more or less toe in etc?
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New alignment for different wheels??

Postby Juffa » Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:24 am

While I cannot answer your questions re camber/ride height... I would suggest you should get a wheel alignment.

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New alignment for different wheels??

Postby hks_kansei » Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:02 pm

I would just leave it, wheels wont change it much.

if you're due for an alignment soon anyway, just wait.


however this is from a person who got bigger wheels and their car lowered without getting an alignment done :P
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New alignment for different wheels??

Postby 16bit » Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:11 pm

as long as your rolling diameter does not change it will not matter re the wheels. But lowering the car will change your alignment settings - sometimes quite a bit.
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New alignment for different wheels??

Postby StanTheMan » Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:53 pm

larger wheels & tyre comination will not change the camber but will give you slightly wider track on the same allignment & same offset. but its prolly hardly worth a mention.


I'd be getting an allignment with new tyres regardless
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New alignment for different wheels??

Postby project.r.racing » Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:29 pm

nothing changes too much, as others have posted.

recommend wheel alignment asap.


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