Thread: Rim Question

To add another anecdotal story to the pool, I've been through dozens of sets of tires in the 7 years I've owned my car. Wear only ever happened on the front tires and only due to hard driving. I never got an alignment even after taking the suspension apart many times (always avoided removing the steering linkage). Tire wear was always even, controlled, and slow.
I removed the rear parallel links to install ES bushings and only then did I experience poor tread wear and that's when I got an alignment. It would be required obviously.


I don't get an alignment unless the steering tie rods are messed with or the rear parallel eccentrics are moved. No issues whatsoever.

i agree with ben, since i was 16 i have probably been through 50 sets of wheels on my cars and never had an issue with tire wear, as long as the geometry of the suspension remains the same there shouldn't be big deal, most of the time when there is beyond normal tire wear someone has put on new springs or something like that alters the geometry of the suspension, not saying you shouldnt get your car aligned any time you change something or been hitting pot holes left and right you should get your car aligned...and wouldn't tire rotation be the same as getting new tires btw, i mean your just taking the tires off the car and re balancing them and moving the rear tires to the front that is the same thing as putting a new set of tires on your car that were the same size to begin with and your friend likley needed the alignment b4 he got the new tires hence he should have got his car aligned properly

16 = diameter size of wheel ...not diameter size of tire ...

^^^ Yeah OK!

Same damn thing.