Getting your wheels aligned is one of the most important maintenance items to ensure your vehicle operates at maximum efficiency. It also helps keep your Kia’s suspension stay in good shape, impacting your stability and ride quality. Our Kia Service Center offers two- and four-wheel alignments, ensuring your vehicle always drives as it should. Beyond the standard Kia wheel alignment, our Kia Service Center also offers maintenance like oil changes and filter replacement, plus more advanced repairs like helping with your electrical or A/C systems. Schedule your car alignment in OKC with Bob Moore Kia Northwest online today!
How We Perform Wheel Alignments
When you bring your vehicle in for an alignment, we check three things:
Camber: Camber refers to the inward and outward tilt of your tire and wheel. If you’re looking at your Kia head-on, think of it as how your tires lean in or out when standing straight. Some cars have a zero-degree camber, while others have a negative or positive camber.Â
Toe: The toe is the most important alignment we check. Visualize it from the top of your car. Are your tires pointing straight ahead, or are they pointing inward or outward? Like with camber, a toe can be zero, positive, or negative.
Caster: Caster is harder to visualize, as it refers to how your wheel connects to your suspension. Most cars run a positive alignment here, though a zero or negative caster is standard for some vehicles. Caster doesn’t impact tire wear like the other alignments, but it does impact your steering and handling.
Why Alignment Service is Important
Alignments impact how your tires hit the road. To the naked eye, it looks like all tires point straight ahead, but if your alignment is off just a little bit, it can have a big impact on your Kia. Since alignments impact how your tires and suspension interact with the road, a car that’s out of alignment is at risk of lower performance and worse fuel economy. A car out of alignment also chews through its tires more quickly, causing unusual tire wear, which will cause you to have to replace your tires more often. Tires with unusual tread wear are also more susceptible to get flat or have blowouts, which impacts your safety. Visit the Bob Moore Kia Service Center to schedule a wheel alignment in OKC today!
When to Get a Tire Alignment
If you pay attention to your Kia, it will tell you when you need an alignment. The most noticeable sign to get an alignment is your car vibrating as you drive. You’ll want to check your tires to confirm it’s an alignment problem. If you see more wear on one side than the other, that’s a tell-tail sign to schedule an alignment. Another issue you might encounter if you aren’t properly aligned is that your vehicle tries to pull to the side when you’re going in a straight line. If you notice any of the above symptoms, schedule your alignment with Bob Moore Kia OKC today.
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