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Wheel alignment, what are the tolerances?

I recently had a new tyre at a national fitter, a wheel alignment check was made the result was that one wheel was 1mm out the other 1.8mm. Should I get the alignment done or at what stage does it become important?

Asked on 1 August 2012 by Alan Cardwell

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