Wheel alignment and balancing: can it be done with the car in park

[Luis Abreu]

Hello guys.

Maybe a stupid question, but this is my 1st ev and so i guess it's better to be safe than sorry.

I'm getting a new pair of tires for the front wheels and i want to do a wheel alignment/balance. In all the other cars I've owned, the car should be in neutral without leaving the hand break on. This is a little hard to achieve in the Mini SE since it tends to set itself into p whenever you turn off the car. Leaving the car on and on N won't cut it because i think opening the door will automatically turn off the engine and aet it to p (though I haven't tested this lately).

I've seen that there's a procedure for managing to turn off the car and leave it in neutral (N), but it also says that it will engage automatically in P after 15 mins.. It's been some time since I've done wheel alignment but I'm almost sure that 15 mins might not be enough... So, has anyone done wheel alignment? Can i leave it in P during the process? Any tips?

Thanks

 

[Brawndo]

They're going to roll the car onto slip plates which lets the tires move during the alignment process.

For balancing they'll remove the tires and put them on a spin balancer.

Both process will not differ due to it being an EV.

 

[insightman]

For balancing they'll remove the tires and put them on a spin balancer.

Of course, with the exception of the Power Spoke wheels, which require a special accessory weight to balance the wheel on a spin-balancer, where the off-center wheel cover can't be present.

 

[Luis Abreu]

Hello guys.

Thanks for the tips.

I thought the process was the same as for non ev6, that's why I asked the question because I've always been asked to leave the car in neutral with hand break off... I guess I'll find out today when I replace the tires...