jim spitzer

I live in leesburg fl. I have a 2017 vert with 31k on the clock. my factory alignment has never been touched and thats how many miles I was able to get on a set of tires in just over 3 years owning the car. Then I picked up a nail in the front tire so I put a new set of tires on the car about 500 miles ago.
last week I let my 30 year old daughter drive my car to work so I could take hers in for service Now I pick up my car from her house and the car feels like it has square tires and shakes like hel- I get home and call her and she says OH I forgot to tell you I hit a big pot hole on the way to work.

Now after saying all that can anybody tell me of an alignment shop in central florida that can check this out and put it back to the factory settings if needed. I want to be careful because I read a lot of stories on here about tires and only getting 10k for mileage

Avanti

Before this is moved to a regional section of the Forum let me say to also have the tire/wheels on the side of the car that hit the pot-hole checked for bends, cracks, and out-of-round. That is a more likely source of your issues, especially if a wide-body.

Gearhead Jim

Unfortunately, vibration is much more likely to be caused by a bent wheel than by mis-alignment.
Best to have them both checked.

DeweyIsgod

Also, if you do get an alignment, consider a street alignment vs. factory specs unless you're doing track time. I've been to Leesburg and seen a lot of straight roads. You'll get better/more even life out of these tires vs factory settings should wear the insides of each tire first.

jim spitzer

Thanks guys my car is at the dealer, The dealer has to order a new wheel from Detroit. A new tire also then do the alignment at a cost of 1736.?? good thing I put a tire and wheel insurance on the car. It's all covered except the alignment. no other damage to the underside of the car.

TNSQUIRE

Hopefully you won't have to wait too long to get a wheel. There have been issues with them being on back order for weeks due to the high numbers of bent and cracked wheels.

jim spitzer

I think the wheel issue was from the wide body cars. I could be wrong. My car is a 2017 2lt base vert so my wheels are 18s and 19s either way I'm using the time the car is gone to work in my garage. Well as long as it dont take 6 months it's ok