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[Mr Hagon]

It's amazing how sorting out the geometry can make such a difference.  Thinking this through is it worth doing the geometry along with a four wheel alignment, or would that sort of thing be included by WIM?

I guess I'm asking as when I get round to it, new tyres will be needed at some point and reading all the threads on tyres, alignment, geometry, wishbones/droplinks etc. a trip to WIM to have it all done at once sounds like money and time well spent.

Mr Hagon

[Kevin Wood]

Yep. Not worth getting any alignment work done unless it's the WIM treatment, IMHO. Have been elsewhere and still got uneven wear.

It doesn't take long to wear 85 quid's worth of rubber from a set of tyres without it, believe me!

Kevin

[TheBoy]

It's amazing how sorting out the geometry can make such a difference.  Thinking this through is it worth doing the geometry along with a four wheel alignment, or would that sort of thing be included by WIM?

I guess I'm asking as when I get round to it, new tyres will be needed at some point and reading all the threads on tyres, alignment, geometry, wishbones/droplinks etc. a trip to WIM to have it all done at once sounds like money and time well spent.

Mr Hagon

Geometry check includes alignment

[TheBoy]

Yep. Not worth getting any alignment work done unless it's the WIM treatment, IMHO. Have been elsewhere and still got uneven wear.

It doesn't take long to wear 85 quid's worth of rubber from a set of tyres without it, believe me!

Kevin

I was eating up £250 worth of fronts every 6 months. Had it tracked, 4 wheel aligned, etc several times before Wheels-InMotion cured it for me.  Tyre wear and handling now excellent on MV6 (and hopefully tractor, but only done yesterday, so too early to tell, but handling is much improved)

[amigov6]

Hope wishbones sort the camber problem. They'll get done with the discs/pads. Can't afford to trek off to Wim.
    Fingers crossed.

[TheBoy]

Hope wishbones sort the camber problem. They'll get done with the discs/pads. Can't afford to trek off to Wim.
    Fingers crossed.

Sadly, it will need resetting after suspension work - not just as a result of the work, but also the wear on the car

[Albatross]

Good to hear Jaime. I'm booked in on Friday this week for geometry and new front boots. It's a bit of a trek for me now that he's moved from Hemel Hempstead but worth it.

Its only 6 or 7 miles the other side of Hemel - Boxmoor, Bovingdon, Chesham

Great, I thought it was quite a bit further than that but then I haven't checked on the map yet. Probably take me about an hour or so each way then so not so bad.

WIM new premises is on the OOF map as a yellow "meeting point" marker.
 

[humbucker]

if i hadn't spent a small fortune on the mothership this month already i'd be there with bells on. think i'm going to plan a trip after the next payday or two. or three...

makes sense, i do so many more miles than i used to and i do get through tyres...

[iggy21uk]

Yep. Not worth getting any alignment work done unless it's the WIM treatment, IMHO. Have been elsewhere and still got uneven wear.

It doesn't take long to wear 85 quid's worth of rubber from a set of tyres without it, believe me!

Kevin

I agree with that !
Was 12miles away now 6 miles