During my years at the service counter costumers who purchased tires often asked me, “Do I have to have them balanced?” followed by, “Does it need an alignment too?” I understand why consumers ask ...

Tire alignment is a not-so-complicated procedure that simply involves adjusting the wheel angles to ensure they’re perpendicular to the ground or parallel. While the process can be challenging to pull ...

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Drivers often treat alignments like the flossing of auto maintenance. We all know we're supposed to be doing it, but most people wait until something hurts to take a professional's advice seriously.

Sometimes it's just hard to beat the old-fashioned way of doing things. This can definitely be true when it comes to squaring your car, or checking the alignment of all four wheels. Manufacturers have ...

Dear Tom and Ray: I am in the Air Force, and last week when I was driving through the gate at the base, the security-forces soldier accidentally raised the security barrier on my BMW Z4 while I was ...

Spot expensive red flags before you buy. This guide details three essential checks—using a penny for tires, a test drive for ...

Change the angle of each car’s wheel on the move to get better fuel economy or improve handling? If it sounds like the result of inebriated banter around a barbecue too late one night, you’d be sober ...

Depending on the vehicle, proper wheel alignment involves setting the camber (inward or outward tilt of the wheels when looking head on), caster (wheel tilt front or back looking from the side) and ...