Wheel alignment Unley
Light Wheel Alignment Specialists provides wheel alignment for drivers in Unley, 5061, from its workshop at 60 Byron Place, Adelaide SA 5000.
- Suburb
- Unley 5061
- Council
- City of Unley
- Workshop
- 60 Byron Place, Adelaide SA 5000
Alignment for cars driven in Unley
Boutique retail either side of Unley Road, character bungalows behind it, and households that tend to keep a car a long time.
Whatever is parked in the driveway, the principle does not change. Camber, caster and toe are measured against the specification for your exact vehicle and set where the vehicle has adjustment to give. Steering and suspension are checked before anything is turned, because a worn component will not hold a setting.
Unley sits in City of Unley. The workshop is a single location in the city at 60 Byron Place, Adelaide SA 5000, so the car comes to us rather than a van coming to you.
What puts a city car out of alignment
City driving is hard on steering geometry in a way open-road driving is not. Parallel parking on a busy street means the kerb gets touched, and a kerb strike is the single most common way a wheel is knocked out of alignment. Cars kept in the inner suburbs also tend to run larger wheels and lower profile tyres, which leave less sidewall to absorb the hit, so the same contact that a tall touring tyre shrugs off will move a setting. Short trips at low speed hide the symptom, too: you feel a pull at sixty far more clearly than at thirty, so an inner-suburb car often arrives with wear that started months earlier.
From Unley to Byron Place
Head in along King William Road and Unley Road. The workshop is at 60 Byron Place, Adelaide SA 5000, on the western side of the city centre.
Drop the car in and we will call you when the figures are done. If the alignment turns up something worn in the steering or suspension, you get told what it is and what it costs before any further work starts.
Questions
Unley questions
Do you do wheel alignment for Unley?
Yes. Unley is inside the area we serve. The work is done at the workshop at 60 Byron Place, Adelaide SA 5000, which is the only location, so bookings for Unley vehicles come to the city rather than to a mobile van. Call (08) 8212 1448 or send a quote request and we will arrange a time.
How do I get to the workshop from Unley?
Head in along King William Road and Unley Road. The workshop is at 60 Byron Place, Adelaide SA 5000, in the Adelaide CBD. Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm. Closed weekends.
What does a wheel alignment involve?
Camber, caster and toe are measured on the alignment equipment and compared against the manufacturer specification for your vehicle, then adjusted where the vehicle has adjustment available. Steering and suspension components are checked first, because a worn bush or tie rod end will not hold a setting no matter how carefully it is set.
How often should a car from Unley be aligned?
A check is worth doing if the car pulls to one side, the steering wheel sits off centre when you are travelling straight, or the front tyres are wearing unevenly. It is also worth doing after new tyres, after suspension or steering work, and after any solid kerb strike or pothole hit. If none of that applies, having it checked when the tyres are rotated is a sensible interval.
Do you only do wheel alignment?
No. Wheel alignment is the specialism the business is named for, but the workshop also handles brake repair, clutch repair, general car repair and maintenance, logbook servicing for 13 brands, and on-site car support. Unley customers can have alignment and servicing done in the same visit.
Next step
Book a wheel alignment from Unley
Call the workshop or send the details and we will come back to you. Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm. Closed weekends.
- Where to find us 60 Byron Place, Adelaide SA 5000 Adelaide CBD
- When we are open Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm, closed weekends
- What it costs to ask Nothing Every job quoted in writing first