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The Hunter Hawkeye calibration machine uses four targets mounted on a vehicle’s wheels.
Warkworth Beaurepaires has a new wheel alignment machine that creates a 3D profile of a vehicle for more accurate alignment.
Owner Brendan Woolley says precision alignment is extremely important in modern cars that have electronic safety systems that override the driver.
For example, most modern cars under five years old can detect if the vehicle has departed from its marked lane or if it is about to crash into another car.
In many models, the steering wheel will vibrate and then automatically guide the car back if it is in the wrong lane.
An adaptive cruise control also monitors the distance between the car and the vehicle in front.
The car will automatically slow down if the car in front suddenly brakes or if another vehicle cuts in front on you.
The vehicle will also sense when it is sliding out of control and use different brakes to straighten itself out.
Beaurepaires new Hunter Hawkeye calibration machine uses four targets, which are mounted on the vehicle’s wheels. Cameras monitor the targets to get an accurate reading of the wheel alignment.
“The cameras look for elliptical distortion of the wheel and then provide measurements for us to adjust them,” Brendan says.
Brendan says alignments are particularly important in Rodney, where pot holes put stress on wheel rims.
He says wheels ought to be aligned every 20,000km and the rear and front tyres switched around every 10,000km.
Beaurepaires Warkworth offers a free switchover service for customers who come to them for wheel alignment.
