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Correct positioning of your vehicle's alignment can do more than just improve your car's performance. You'll also be ensured a smooth and safe ride. When alignment is not proportioned correctly, driving becomes increasingly dangerous and expensive. 

The dangers of bad alignment:

  • Poor alignment can cause your car to pull or drift away from a straight road and cause an unavoidable accident 
  • Bad car alignment can cause excessive wear on your tires, causing a blow-out and poor traction

 The costs of bad alignment:

  • Decreases gas mileage
  • Decreases life of tires
  • Adds stress to steering equipment, overall structural damage, and other parts

Warning signs:

Proper alignment ensures your wheels are perpendicular to the ground and parallel to each other. When out of alignment, steering problems or uneven wear patterns on your tires can occur. If so, your vehicle may need immediate attention. Let our expert technicians take a look. We may recommend that the angles of your wheels need our computerized alignment services.

What causes poor alignment?

You may have poor alignment after a major or minor collision that results in physical damage to your vehicle's frame. Driving over a pothole or bumping into or over a curb can also result in poor alignment.

The benefits of proper alignment:

  • Longer lasting tires
  • Easier steering
  • Improved gas mileage
  • Smoother ride
  • Safer driving experience

Alignment terminology:

Caster: The angle of a steering pivot, as seen from the side of the vehicle and measured in degrees. Three to five degrees of positive caster is typical for most vehicles.

Camber: The angle of the wheel in relation to a vertical direction (as seen from the front or rear of the car).

Toe: A "toe-in" can happen when the front edges of a pair of wheels point toward each other. When the pair's front edges point away from each other, the pair is referred to as "toe-outs."

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