I have just scheduled to get my new all season tires fitted in November.
My P-Zeros will have about 7,500 miles on them at that point.
I am switching to the new Michelin Pilot Sport AS 4's (Michelin recently released the 255/30R20's for my fronts) for the New England Winter.
My question is about alignment.
My dealer did a fine tuning to the JLR factory alignment when I purchased the car.
Apart from responding to any abnormal tire wear on the P-Zeros, does it make sense to let the tire shop mess with the JLR tech's settings after just 7,500 miles?
Cost is not an issue - front alignment is free, rears are only $64.

 

Unless you think you've hit a curb or pothole, or something that may have taken the car out of alignment, it's doubtful you'll need to adjust the alignment with your new tires.

 

No significant potholes, just normal crappy New England roads!!

 

If you still have the read-out from the previous alignment, you could just hand that to the shop and tell them to make sure the car still has the same alignment specs. Otherwise, they'll just default to whatever is published for the car (which may not be what you want) or just tell them to not check anything alignment wise...

 

Im curious of what they did to "fine tune" the alignment.

 

I wnt back to the detailed sheet provided by the dealer.
I was mistaken in that they did check the alignment but all parameters were within spec as delivered.
They provided a record of the actual alignment plus JLR specs and tolerances for the AWD F-Type left/right camber, castor & toe.
All measurements fell well within the tolerances.
It was a miscommunication from my sales rep vs the actual alignment print-out.

 

Show the alignment specs to the tire shop and see if they will do an alignment check. Some shops will do an alignment check for free and then only charge you if you want the alignment done.

If they won't do that search around for a shop that will do a free alignment check in your area.

 

I hope you meant to type 255/35R20s

 

YES !!

 

If your car tracks straight while under acceleration, cruising, braking, and there is no abnormal wear there is no reason for an alignment.

I just dropped my car off today for its yearly service today, and I was asked if I wanted an alignment; I told the writer it was not needed for the reasons above.