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?
New alignment for different wheels??
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New alignment for different wheels??
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New alignment for different wheels??
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??
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
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
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New alignment for different wheels??
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??
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
I'd be getting an allignment with new tyres regardless
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New alignment for different wheels??
nothing changes too much, as others have posted.
recommend wheel alignment asap.
recommend wheel alignment asap.
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