Car started pulling right after tire change… did I mess up something or is it alignment?
Hi guys, am stranded and am not sure what I’m looking at here.
So I changed my tires last week. Nothing new, just normal changing of my tirer. They fixed the tirer well and it was okay from what I saw at the repair shop. So after driving my car for few days now, I noticed the car is now pulling slightly to the right.
It’s not crazy, like I’m not fighting the wheel or anything, but I can feel it. Before this, the car was driving straight (at least I never noticed any issue).
I started reading around and people keep saying “just do wheel alignment” but I don’t want to just throw money at it if that’s not the real problem.
I also saw some older discussions where people said new tires can “reveal” alignment issues that were already there. That kind of confused me because it felt fine before.
I checked tire pressure, all seems okay. No weird noise, no shaking, just that slight pull.
I even went down a small rabbit hole looking at alignment tools online (yeah… even saw some cheap ones on Alibaba). Some look tempting price-wise but also not sure I trust the accuracy at all.
So now I’m here asking… is this most likely alignment? Or is there something simple I should do first or better take it to the repair workshop?
Appreciate any help, I’m still learning this stuff 🙏