Alignments

Cooper Tire performs wheel alignments for customers in Hutchinson, KS, Cottonwood Falls, KS, Wichita, KS, and surrounding areas. A vehicle that is out of alignment can cause irregular and increased tire wear. For this reason, we recommend an alignment inspection and service whenever you purchase tires. Ask us to check your wheel alignment today!

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Alignment describes the way the tires and wheels are angled on your vehicle. There are three angles critical to an alignment:

• Toe: Wheels can be toe-in (wears tires on outside) or toe-out (wears tires on inside). Depending on your vehicle, one option will wear tires less than the other. For example, toe-in alignments are performed to compensate for friction that occurs while driving and pushes wheels apart. However, toe-out is the better choice on some vehicles, like many old front-wheel drives, because they were built in a way where the wheels pulled inward.
• Camber: Camber describes how your tires and wheels lean relative to being straight. There are two types of camber, negative and positive. With negative camber, the tire tilts in toward the vehicle. With positive camber, the tire tilts away from the vehicle. Like toe, your ideal camber depends on your vehicle and how you drive it, as well as road conditions. Most vehicles should have some camber to compensate for turns.
• Caster: Caster is the angle between the upper ball joint and the lower ball joint. The angle tilt can be forward (negative caster) or rearward (positive caster) and plays an important role in handling. Incorrect caster requires drivers to exert more effort steering and increases the rate of wear on tires.

At Cooper Tire, we can align tires and wheels for your make and model.

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