Wheel alignment on 4 x brand new tyres - told to wait

[zebedee]

Hi I’m getting 4 tyres fitted and need an alignment but the garage said to get a few hundred miles on them first as it’s not a good idea to do alignment with brand new tyres. I’ve googled to see why but tend to be finding the opposite advice - namely get the new tyres and get them aligned at same time. Does anyone agree with the garage’s advice and why? Cheers

[MustangGT]

Nope, don't agree.

Probably they are too busy, or the machine is out of use.

[Smint]

I agree get aligned at the same time, would like to hear the reasoning for delaying.

[stevieturbo]

zebedee said:

Hi I’m getting 4 tyres fitted and need an alignment but the garage said to get a few hundred miles on them first as it’s not a good idea to do alignment with brand new tyres. I’ve googled to see why but tend to be finding the opposite advice - namely get the new tyres and get them aligned at same time. Does anyone agree with the garage’s advice and why? Cheers

Complete and utter nonsense.

Your tyres are not part of measuring alignment, nor should they be used as any reference points during the alignment.

It is called "wheel alignment" with good reason.

[vw_99]

Maybe to let the suspension settle to ride hight if it has been on a ramp?
Or to take the little spikes of the new tyre.

[E-bmw]

vw_99 said:

Maybe to let the suspension settle to ride hight if it has been on a ramp?
Or to take the little spikes of the new tyre.

Nope!

Those are just as much b0ll0cks as the original statement.

Any suspension setting has happened by the time they have moved it onto the alignment machine, the tyre bobbles affect nothing, as above it is WHEEL alignment, not TYRE alignment.

There is 100% no reason not to do it.

OP.

One good thing has come out of this. You now know to NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER ask that place for any advice EVER again.

[TwinKam]

E-bmw said:

vw_99 said:

Maybe to let the suspension settle to ride hight if it has been on a ramp?
Or to take the little spikes of the new tyre.

Nope!

Those are just as much b0ll0cks as the original statement.

Any suspension setting has happened by the time they have moved it onto the alignment machine, the tyre bobbles affect nothing, as above it is WHEEL alignment, not TYRE alignment.

There is 100% no reason not to do it.

OP.

One good thing has come out of this. You now know to NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER ask that place for any advice EVER again.

Great answer, was considering saying exactly the same, I wouldn't trust them to tell me the time!

[andygo]

If you see how top end (for example GT3 or 4 ) race cars have their geometry checked, the wheels are never on the car, rather the hubs (that the wheels bolt onto) are the basis for measurement.

[jetbox]

What rubbish.. imagine a new car manufacturer saying it’s not aligned yet as we need to wait a bit….