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2 wheel or 4 wheel alignment?

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    2 wheel or 4 wheel alignment?

    what do our cars need? well the guy said my prizm needs a 4 wheel alignment, some need 2, not really sure why it is one and not the other, i thought it was a awd vs fwd or rwd kinda thing
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    4 wheel alignment all the times.
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    GSE21tuner Formerly rollatuner110. Representing AZLexus.club

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    You only get 2 wheel alignment when you're broke and can't afford the 4 wheel.
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    4 wheel alignment costs between 60-80 bucks and is cheap insurance that your tires will last a long time.
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    Always do 4 wheels.
    If you're so cheap that only want to do 2 wheels, you might as well just leave your car at home and take bus. :D :D :D
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    Dude, best way to get a good alignment is wait until you get new tires for four of your wheels and then get all four alignment. That way is the best way to fix your alignment.
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    So you're saying that if your alignment is out of whack, you should ruin your good tires by waiting until they wear out? That doesn't make sense to me.

    You should align your wheels ASAP to extend the life of your tires. Unless your tires are 90% used then wait until the tires wear out before doing so.
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    50 bucks for a 4 wheel is not bad...try having 17's cost me about 120 and required a jack to get my car onto the rack.
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    ive had 17s and the price was the same..
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    It would have been 70 but they had to jack to back of my car and then carefully push it on the alignment rack and then the reverse to get it off. Reason why I will never lower another car unless its on airbags.
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    ok so i got the alignemtn done
    before it used to swerve left, now it goes right! he rotated the front tires, THEN amazingly, i was testing this new alignment and boom, my pads are done, i had to downshift, use the e-brake to slow my as down, went in with one problem came out ith 2!
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    kidnap the dude then beat the shit out of him for not doing the job correctly.
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    Ah, in the original post your said the level in the resivoir was full so I was leaning more towards MC seal. A hole in your brake lines will do the same. When you have a leak you lose pressure and that loss of pressure is what causes the pedal to sink to the floor. Just be sure to replace any and all lines that look iffy. What happens alot is you will replace one section that blew out and then shortly after have another section go as that one was weak and rusty as well. Good luck, I hope your mechanic is a decent independent shop that doesn't charge anything higher than 50/hr. I cringe when I hear of dealerships nearing the 90/hr mark.
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    ok guys, i got my new Master Cylinder in, got my brakes working, now im not satisfied with the brake feel. It goes alll the way down for mt to feel that same braking power as I did before with the pedal half way down. Is it because of the new MC and maybe it hasnt broken in? It is a remanufactured one, not a brand new one, so I dont know, is this normal?
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    ok finally got new drums, it is back to normal lol

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