Even Tyre Wear
All four tyres wear across their full width instead of shredding one shoulder — so you replace them as a set, on your schedule.
Drive Straight. Drive Safe. Extend Your Tyre Life.
Professional computerised wheel alignment and precision balancing using advanced laser equipment. Improve handling, reduce tyre wear, and enjoy a smoother drive.
- 45 Minute Service
- Free Wheel Inspection
- Laser Precision Alignment
- Up to 20% Longer Tyre Life
45 min
Average alignment time
Up to 20%
Extra tyre life when aligned
Why Alignment Matters
One pothole is all it takes
Chennai roads do not forgive suspension geometry. A single hard kerb strike on GST Road can knock your toe angle out by a fraction of a degree — enough to scrub thousands of kilometres off a brand-new set of tyres, quietly, while the car still feels "fine".
- Toe, camber and caster — we measure all three on all four wheels and set them back to the manufacturer's specification, not a generic "close enough".
- A misaligned car scrubs rubber sideways as it rolls. Just 3 mm of toe error can wear a tyre out 20–25% faster — that is a whole tyre's worth of money per set.
- It drags on your fuel — the engine works harder to push wheels that are fighting each other. Owners typically see a measurable mileage gain after a correction.
- It is a safety issue — a car that pulls under braking, or that darts on a wet road, is a car that will not go where you point it in an emergency.
- We check the suspension first — worn tie-rod ends or bushes cannot be aligned around. If something is loose, we show you before we touch the settings.
Benefits
What a proper alignment gives you back
Alignment is the cheapest service on our price list and the one that saves you the most money over the life of a set of tyres.
Better Fuel Economy
Less rolling resistance means less fuel burnt just holding a straight line. Most owners notice it inside a tank.
Straight Steering Wheel
Logo dead level on a straight road. If your wheel sits crooked to go straight, the geometry is telling you something.
Safer Handling
Predictable response when you swerve or brake hard — the car goes where you steer it, wet road or dry.
Longer Tyre Life
Up to 20% more kilometres from the same set of tyres. On a set of four, that pays for a lot of alignments.
Smoother Ride
Balancing kills the steering-wheel shimmy at 80–100 km/h and the vibration you feel through the seat on the highway.
Symptoms
Six signs you need it done now
If you recognise even one of these, bring the car in. The wheel checkup is free and takes ten minutes — you only pay if the correction is actually needed.
- The car pulls to one side — let go of the wheel on a flat, straight road and it drifts left or right on its own.
- Steering wheel sits off-centre — you are driving in a straight line but the logo is tilted ten degrees to the left.
- Uneven or feathered tread wear — run your palm across the tread. If it feels smooth one way and sharp the other, that is toe error.
- Vibration at 80–100 km/h — through the steering wheel usually means the front wheels; through the seat, the rears. That is a balancing job.
- Tyres squeal on slow turns — the sound of rubber being dragged sideways across the tarmac in a car park.
- Steering feels loose or vague — the car wanders and needs constant small corrections to hold a lane on the highway.
Equipment
See the full workshop
The machines doing the work
Alignment is only as good as the rig it is measured on. Ours are serviced and re-calibrated every month — and we will happily show you the calibration log.
3D Laser
3D Laser Alignment Rig
Four camera targets clamp to the wheels and the rig reads toe, camber, caster, thrust angle and SAI live as we adjust. You get a before-and-after printout against the OE specification for your exact variant.
Road-Force
Road-Force Balancer
A loaded roller presses against the tyre to simulate the weight of the car, so it finds the stiff spot a normal spin balancer misses. It is why we can cure vibrations other workshops give up on.
Touchless
Touchless Tyre Changer
The bead is broken and levered without any metal ever touching your rim — no gouged lips, no scratched paint on expensive alloys. Every wheel is torqued to spec by hand, never rattled on with an impact gun.
Know the Difference
Alignment vs balancing — they are not the same thing
They get used interchangeably at half the workshops in the city. They fix completely different problems, and most cars need both.
Wheel Alignment
Fixes the angles of the suspension — how the wheels sit relative to the road and to each other. Nothing is added or removed; the tie rods and camber bolts are adjusted until toe, camber and caster read within the manufacturer's spec.
- Cures pulling to one side and a crooked steering wheel
- Stops one-sided and feathered tread wear
- Needed after kerb strikes, potholes and suspension work
Wheel Balancing
Fixes the weight distribution of each wheel — a wheel-and-tyre assembly is never perfectly even, so small counterweights are clipped or stuck to the rim until it spins true at speed.
- Cures vibration through the wheel or seat at 80–100 km/h
- Stops cupped, scalloped wear patches on the tread
- Required every time a tyre is removed, repaired or refitted
Simple rule of thumb: the car pulls → alignment. The car shakes → balancing. Both, and you want the combo.
FAQ
Alignment questions, answered
What customers ask us most before they book.
Every 10,000 km or every six months, whichever comes first — and immediately after any hard kerb or pothole strike, after suspension work, and whenever you fit new tyres. On Chennai roads we see plenty of cars that need it sooner than the book says, which is exactly why the wheel checkup is free: come in, let us measure, and only pay if it is actually out.
About 45 minutes for a standard four-wheel alignment, and roughly 30 minutes for balancing all four wheels. The combo takes a little over an hour. Book a slot on WhatsApp and the ramp will be free when you arrive — there is a clean waiting lounge with Wi-Fi and coffee if you would rather stay with the car.
Usually, yes — they solve different problems and most cars that have covered 10,000 km need both. Balancing is compulsory any time a tyre has been taken off the rim; alignment is what you need when the geometry has been knocked out. That is why we price the combo below the sum of the two. If your car only needs one, we will tell you and charge you for one.
The car pulling to one side on a flat road, a steering wheel that sits off-centre while you drive straight, uneven or feathered tread wear, a shimmy at highway speed, squealing tyres on slow turns, or steering that feels vague and wandering. Any one of those is worth a free checkup — several of them together and you are actively burning through a set of tyres.
Probably not on its own — vibration at speed is almost always a balancing problem, not an alignment one. Alignment cures pulling and uneven wear; balancing cures shake. Our road-force balancer also picks up out-of-round tyres and bent rims, which a normal spin balancer cannot see, so if a vibration has survived a balance somewhere else it is worth bringing it to us.
We strongly recommend it. Balancing is done automatically as part of every tyre fitting at Nine Tyres, but if the geometry that wore out the old tyres is left uncorrected, it will chew through the new ones just as fast. Getting the alignment done on the same visit costs a fraction of a tyre and protects the whole set.
Book a Slot
Straight steering, in about an hour
Tell us the vehicle and when suits you. We will confirm the slot, the price for your category and have the alignment ramp free when you pull in — no queueing, no waiting around.
Booked Slots
Mon–Sat 9:00 AM – 8:30 PM.
Workshop
Tamilnadu, India.
- Free wheel checkup before we quote — pay only if a correction is needed.
- Before-and-after printout against your car's factory specification.
- Free re-check within 30 days if the car still does not feel right.
Book Wheel Alignment
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Pulling left? Wheel shaking at 90?
Let's do it right.
Free wheel checkup, 3D laser alignment, road-force balancing and a printout that proves it. Booked slots, so you are in and out in about an hour.