Hey TR
Where can I find a place where I can get good tires and a good alignment in the bay area?

Thanks
Kevin

 

I had good luck with tires/prices from Tire Mania, South West corner 301 and Highway 60. I measured a lot of tires and checked a lot of tread patterns before deciding what to mount on my BMW rims.

Most of the computer lookups have what the mfg "says" is tread width, but my own ruler is far more precise.....most computer lookups can quote you based on a totally stock car with a totally stock suspension with totally stock tires...........if you stray from that, they don't know some things.

I have measured tires for years for different things and
My observation is that more expensive tires have wider tread
and lower profile than cheaper tires, regardless of what it says
on the tire sidewall.

1.Educate yourself. Hit tirerack.com. 2.Pick a tread that you like,
and 3.Start driving around to dealers with a tape measure.

I sometimes do alignments when I install suspension pieces for people. If a person regularly trashes their alignment, the best deal is from one of those
"will realign it for life" places.-Bob

 

like he said ^
figure out what you want from tires, then get them. ordering them on line isn't that big of a deal if you know exactly what you want. From there, find a place like Firestone that will do lifetime alignments. The thing I personally don't like about them is that their machine puts everything to center. Lines it all up to what the stock specs are and calls it done. At least most of the time it is like that. I personally want to tweak with it a little bit here and there. If that's what you want to do, then find a place that will put the alignment where you want it, that just takes calling around.

 

No one could adjust my front end to the specs that I requested.-That's why I got the equipment to do my own alignments.
and started doing alignments for others.-Bob