As a car owner, it’s easy to know when and how to change a tyre. But, what happens when problems with your car’s wheels are taken a step further, and it turns out that your wheel is out of alignment? This is a difficult problem to solve if you aren’t aware of or experienced with this issue – which is why we at Grip T&W are here to help with this blog post.
Read on to find out why your car’s wheels are out of alignment, and what we can do as experts to resolve it.
1. You have low tire pressure
Keeping your tyres inflated to the correct pressure helps to keep your car’s wheels properly aligned. Low tire pressure often causes a car to pull or drift out of the right alignment, so resolving this issue doubly benefits your vehicle.
2. You’ve recently experienced a heavy impact
Hopping a curb, driving over a deep pothole, or taking a speedbump too fast all qualify as a heavy impact that can knock your car’s wheels out of alignment. If you’re taking on these heavy impacts on a regular basis, you need to take your vehicle into a tyre shop as soon as possible. Even though your car might feel okay, it’s highly likely that things have shifted, causing issues if left unchecked.
3. Your wheel alignment is overdue
Sometimes, your car wheels are out of alignment simply because its time for maintenance. Much as you’d have your oil changed or your car inspected, you should be bringing your vehicle into the tyre shop for a regular schedule of car alignment. This can be done with specialised equipment, such as a Wheel Aligner. At Grip T&W, we recommend that our customers bring their vehicles into our Wellington tyre shop at least once a year for such a service, although depending on your driving habits, this may only need to occur every two years or so.
At Grip T&W, we’re a tyre shop in Wellington with a difference. When things start to go wrong with your car, we have an exhaustive range of vehicle services that cover everything to do with your tyres and wheels, meaning that there’s no problem we can’t figure out and no hurdle that we can’t overcome. Our experts are even trained in the use of the revolutionary Hunter Wheel Aligner, maintaining your car’s safety on the road. Contact us today for more information about our wheel alignment services.
