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Why you need a proper alignment

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Porsche GT3 Being Aligned on the newest Hunter Alignment System

Having the proper alignment is key to road safety. Bad alignment on a car can cause many problems leading to costly repairs or even accidents.  Signs that you may have a bad alignment are: Unable to maintain a straight line, and uneven wear in tires. With a bad alignment, you can ruin a new set of tires within 500 miles because it may be causing extreme wear on a specific part of the tire. Many things may cause your alignment to be off. If you hit a curb or run over a speed bump to fast, you might  distort the car’s alignment.

Autoscope recommends that you have your alignment on your Audi, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and other makes, checked at least once every six months especially if you are driving on rough patches of roads.

New tire ruined by bad alignment

Can you put too many weights on your tires?

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

  

Why do you need weights? 

Weights are added to a tire to counteract the tire and wheel unbalance. The worse the disturbance is, the more weights are needed to counteract it. 

Can you put too many weights on your tires? 

Yes, AutoScope recommends no more than three ounces in weights for each tire. 

Why would you need more than three ounces? 

Weights on tire

Too Many Weights installed on a wheel to correct an imbalance usually indicates a more serious problem.

If you have to put more than three ounces of weights on your tires to try and balance them out you may have an underlying problem such as a bent rim or even water inside your tire. Both problems will lead to an uneven ride.

The Hawk Eye

Thursday, February 11th, 2010
The Hawk Eye at Autoscope

The Hawk Eye at Autoscope

Autoscope uses the Hawk Eye™ to align your car’s tires. The Hawk Eye™ is a high-definition digital imaging alignment system. It uses multi-dimensional modeling to collect accurate alignment measurements. With this system, Autoscope can decrease the amount of time it takes to align tires on your vehicle.  Along with the Hawk Eye™, Autoscope uses WinAlign® alignment software. This enables us to  receive the largest amount of vehicle specs in the industry including Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Land Rover, Lexus and Volkswagon among others.