Jackolantern
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It doesn't matter as long as you don't drive very far with the new tires and cause wear patterns to form on them before getting an alignment. You can align a car with the old tires just as well as with the new tires.
Steve
tires...and then alignment
Dave
new tires then alignment
Joe
Both. If you're strapped for cash and the tires are so worn as to be unsafe, I second what 'Mitsubishi Master Tech' wrote. Get the tires first, then have them aligned as soon as possible. This is because once uneven wear begins on a tire, it usually continues to wear that way until it's fubar.
So getting an alignment after you've let you brand new front tires rub bald on one edge due to pooh toe in, is sort of like very carefully locking the barn door after the horse has bolted...
thebax2006
Tires and it's best to keep the alignment receipt that has the mileage on it. Get the alignment with in 100 miles from the day you install the tires. It's hard to align a vehicle that has bad tires. When you test drive the vehicle you don't know if the alignment or the tires are bad if it pulls.