GM Vehicle Services - Computerized Wheel Alignment in Alresford

Computerized Wheel Alignment in Alresford, Hampshire

GM Vehicle Services is Alresford’s Best Automotive Service Centre.

Are you looking for Wheel Alignment in Alresford? At GM Vehicle Services we are experts and use state of the art wheel alignment equipment to ensure your vehicle drives in a straight line.

Wheel Alignment is essential to a vehicles performance. If the Wheel Alignment of your vehicle is not adjusted correctly you could experience problems like uneven tyre wear, a steering wheel that's not straight or your vehicle may pull to the left or to the right.

If your vehicle drives straight and true, then there’s a good chance The Wheel Alignment is adjusted correctly. However, every time you drive through a pot hole, hit a speed bump too fast, or accidentally hit a curb, it’s very likely that you will effect the Wheel Alignment of the vehicle. So, it’s worth having us at GM Vehicle Services check your Wheel Alignment in Alresford every so often to maximise the life of your tyres.

Having correctly aligned wheels is also good for your finances, because correctly aligned wheels will maximise fuel economy and minimise tyre wear. Both of which can be expensive these days.

If you have any suspension work carried out, tyres replaced or rotated, have your Wheel Alignment checked. This is because all your vehicles components wear at a similar rate and they affect your wheel alignment in a balanced way. If however you replace one of those components, your wheel alignment will now be adversely affected, thus necessitating adjustment to bring everything back into line.

There are two kinds of Wheel Alignment in Alresford, at GM vehicle Services we have invested in the equipment to do both, so you can be assured that your vehicle will drive straight and true.

There are two kinds of Wheel Alignment, either Two Wheel Alignment or Four Wheel Alignment. Two wheel is where we only adjust the front wheels, four wheel includes the rear wheels. Common adjustment we make to a vehicles Wheel Alignment at GM Vehicle Services include adjustments to the ‘toe in-out’, the ‘camber’ and the ‘caster’.

The video below explains what these adjustments are.

Is bad wheel alignment dangerous?

Hydroplaning is probably the most likely situation you will encounter as a result of bad wheel alignment, and this can lead to you losing control of the vehicle and crashing. Also, as poorly adjusted wheel alignment causes uneven and accelerated tyre wear there is a real danger that you will have a tyre blow out, possible at speed, which can lead to an accident. 

It's ALWAYS worth checking your wheel alignment and it's easy for us to do on most vehicles, it will take about an hour, so it’s not a long job. As part of the Wheel Alignment in Alresford process, we’ll also check over your suspension components, before we fit the Wheel Alignment equipment to your vehicle. This is because the vehicles wheel alignment can also be adversely affected by those worn and damaged suspension components. If anything needs replacing, prior to carrying out your Wheel Alignment check, our friendly and knowledgeable technicians will inform and advise you of the cost of repairs, before we proceed.