Replacing my Pirelli tires that wore out at 10k miles with Arturo’s, like on my previous Macan. Porsche recommends an alignment when tires are replaced. 2 questions. Should I do an alignment? Is Firestone (where I’m getting tires installed) ok place to do an alignment?
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Lol... tell Ryan you’ll “pass” on the alignment this time around. [emoji57]
... unless they hired another person to help. Josh left a few months ago, so last time I was in there, it was only Ryan.
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Based on experience I tend to be skeptical of anything a car dealer tells me. Dealer service departments always seem to be trying to upsell. I suspect the service writers are offered incentives for doing so, and it does not seem to be any different at the Porsche dealer.
That being said, can't say an alignment is a bad idea other than the potentially needless cost, but my reaction is that it's probably overkill unless you have reason to believe your car needs an alignment.
One other thing to point out. Given that you are buying Atturo tires, the cost ratio of the alignment to the tires is going to be unusually high (right now a set of four Atturo's from Simple Tire is only $531 delivered). Assuming you would be paying for an alignment to "protect" the tires from unusual wear, the worst case scenario is probably needing to replace a couple of tires if they are wearing incorrectly and you don't notice it. Given the very low cost of the Atturo tires, that would be far from a disaster. That's one of the reasons I'm willing to try the Atturos. If it turns out I don't like them (despite all the positive comments from forum members) it's not really a huge loss if I were to end up disposing of them.
That being said, can't say an alignment is a bad idea other than the potentially needless cost, but my reaction is that it's probably overkill unless you have reason to believe your car needs an alignment.
One other thing to point out. Given that you are buying Atturo tires, the cost ratio of the alignment to the tires is going to be unusually high (right now a set of four Atturo's from Simple Tire is only $531 delivered). Assuming you would be paying for an alignment to "protect" the tires from unusual wear, the worst case scenario is probably needing to replace a couple of tires if they are wearing incorrectly and you don't notice it. Given the very low cost of the Atturo tires, that would be far from a disaster. That's one of the reasons I'm willing to try the Atturos. If it turns out I don't like them (despite all the positive comments from forum members) it's not really a huge loss if I were to end up disposing of them.
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Does the car 'pull'.... left or right ??
That usually indicates an alignment issue
That usually indicates an alignment issue
In my experience a needed toe adjustment will cause pulling. But often a camber adjustment being needed will not.
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Camber, caster, toe in, toe out & center steering wheel.
Those are the 5 alignment adjustments that I know about.
May be more if 4 wheel alignment vs. only 2.
If car does not pull left or right & tires wearing evenly, I really doubt there would be an alignment issue.
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Those are the 5 alignment adjustments that I know about.
May be more if 4 wheel alignment vs. only 2.
If car does not pull left or right & tires wearing evenly, I really doubt there would be an alignment issue.
What You Need to Know About Tire Alignment
So had Firestone install my tires. Noticed some slight vibration on highway so had dealer do a “road force balance”, and an alignment. $550 later, but drives much better now. Alignment was so off tech made comment to my SA that i must have taken it off roading. (Not sure how it got so out of alignment, but I got it CPO w 10k miles on it. Maybe previous owner?)
V - were you picking up your car at PP Grapevine yesterday around 4pm?
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PP Dallas at 4 pm
That’s crazy. I saw your exact color Macan at Grapevine at 4pm (was finishing getting my oil changed). I almost went over to it and asked them where the owner was.... It was parked outside for pickup tho, and I couldn’t see if the interior was your set-up, etc.
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doubt it was Slate Gray, but who knows. Prob was agate gray and dirty or something.
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I called two different Firestone locations near my house, and one of them said he can't do it if I have anything like LKA. Other location said he can do it (he did not sound confident though..). I only have LCA, not LKA. My steering only vibrates and make sound whenever I go near lane without my blinker. Should I trust this Firestone? (only $109.99 vs $350+ at dealer). Both Firestone locations have 4.1 & 4.2 stars in Google map...
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