I am about to get new rims for my truck, will I need a front end alignment after having new rims put on? I ask because I am getting my truck leveled and they are going to align the front, I plan on getting my rims elsewhere because they are cheaper but I do not want to pay for two front end alignments in the same week.

Thanks

05 STX Reg Cab 4x4 4.6

 

More then likely you would need an alignment but just get the rims on first then get the truck leveled that way when all said and done, they align it when they wrap up.

 

Time after time we get people in that want me to level their truck and align it, I do so. Then the next day I get a call sayin they have just got the new wheels and tires put on, and now the truck pulls.......... Pleeeeeeaaaassssee save myself and other unlucky techs the grief and deliver the truck that is to be aligned, with the new wheels and tires in the bed. Saves you time and in most cases money by doing the alignment once.

 

You won't need an alignment after a new set of wheels. Like mentioned above get the wheels on first and after you get it leveled out, get it aligned.

 

just to let you know a larger offset wheel will magnify camber

 

Thanks!! I was reading about wheels after I posted that and came to that conclusion.

 

i've got your back homie haha

 

haha word up G!!!

 

I'm not understanding the geometry, would you explain.

 

ok, by having a larger offset wheel, it pushes the tire patch farther away from the truck, essencially widening the stance. by widening the stance you are putting more leverage on the control arm, which sags the front coils slightley, and changes the camber angle. now i understand that this is such a small change maybe tenths of an inch in sag, but that could count for tenths of a degree in camber, and when you get any more than a half of a degree either positive or negative in you camber, you start to chew up tires