Wheel Alignment in Littleton

Most people book an alignment because the car pulls. By the time it pulls, the tires have usually already paid for the alignment several times over. The cheaper habit is to align when you buy tires and after anything that hits hard enough to matter — which on Colorado roads is most winters.

What usually brings people in

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  The car pulls to one sideThe obvious one, and by then the wear is already happening. Worth ruling out uneven tire pressure and a dragging brake first, which we check as part of the job.
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  Steering wheel is off center on a straight roadA cosmetic annoyance that usually indicates a real geometry problem underneath it.
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  Tires wearing on one edgeCamber or toe out of spec. The inside edge is the one people never see until the tire is finished, which is why we read all four during the 32 point inspection.
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  You just hit somethingA hard pothole on Bowles or a curb in a parking garage is more than enough to move things. Getting it checked is far cheaper than a set of tires.
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  New tires going onAlways the right moment. Putting new tires on an out-of-spec car is paying twice for the same mistake.
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  The car feels vague or wandersOften toe, sometimes a worn steering or suspension component that has to be sorted before an alignment will hold. We inspect before we adjust, because aligning a car with a worn tie rod is aligning something that will move again next week.

Our four wheel computerized alignment adjusts caster, camber and toe to factory specification, and includes a thorough steering and suspension inspection first — because aligning a car with a worn tie rod is aligning something that will move again next week. It comes with a free tire rotation, washer fluid topped off and the 32 point inspection, and there is $10 off on the coupons page.

You get the before and after numbers. Every alignment ends in a printout showing where each angle sat when the car came in and where it sits now, against the manufacturer specification. That is the only honest proof the work was needed and the only proof it was done.

If the inspection turns up a worn component that will not hold an alignment, we will tell you before we start rather than after we have charged you for one that will not last. Sometimes the answer is that the alignment can wait until the tie rod is done.

What the job includes

Common questions