Thread: Wheel alignment?

Garden City, Upper Mt Gravatt, Brisbane.

Spoke to the tyre guys we use for our work vans,they say they have done alignments on heaps of D3/4.

What they do is leave them running at normal height,forgot to ask about whether they leave the door open.

They say they do them all like this,no complaints at all,been doing it for years.

Anyone heard of this?

Originally Posted by vbrab

Have read in LR manual that when wheel aligning, FILL tank, and take extra baggage out of vehicle.
You need a "4 wheel" aligner, and some smart types have told me that the aligner needs to ensure that after setting vehicle up, and running through height settings to return to "normal" height, that they leave drivers door open (not sure if it matters which door), as seems open door will prevent suspension making height adjustments while alignment is being done (which might evidently affect alignment readings).
So when aligners tell me they have experience on Disco 3's I ask them what they do to keep suspension from making "adjustments".....have only found 1 aligner so far who mentioned the "open door" strategy, but have had "expert" aligners set me up, only to rip the edges off tyres in under 3000K's straight from aligners.
If you find an aligner who actually sets your vehicle up correctly, stick to them, as they are hard to find.

Or you could just get LR or a device, or a mate with a device to just set it up in TTM and then you'd have no issue.


You're (and I certainly don't mean you vbrab ... I'm talking generally) talking about expensive cars with expensive tyres and how much do we save by not getting the wheel alignment done properly?