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wheel balancing is to balance four wheels. wheel alignment is to straight four wheels.
wheel balance is when the wheel is removed from the vehicle and balnced on a wheel balancing machine. an alignment is done with the vehichle as a whole and ur camber and tow is adjusted and aligned
Balancing ... although it has no real effect on the alignment, the act of removing the wheels and re-installing them improperly could result in disrupting the alignment.
They make the wheel look pretty. When your wheel is balanced it is attached to a balancing machine, a shaft sticks out of wheel balancing machine (where wheel is attached). The wheel is then installed onto balancing machine shaft via center of wheel (requiring removal of center cap).
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Yes, wheel alignment machines do need to be calibrated.
Wheel alignment 40-60 $ depending on where you go. Wheel balancing 20 $
get wheel balancing and wheel alignment done. you might have bumped it very hard .
Usually a 4-wheel alignment costs between $60 & $90
It all depends on they type of machine. Alignment machines can range between 10,000 to 15,000 dollars.
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That requires a front end alignment machine to do that.