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bacon_cheese_beer 12-04-2014 09:44 PM

Tire Wear question
 
i'm running some General tires with about 20k miles on it. i noticed that i was sliding everywhere too easily when i drove in light wet snow conditions.

i then took the wheels out and noticed that my rear right tire was almost fully bald compared to my other three, is this normal? what can i do to fix it?

my car is lowered on bc coils with 19" rims. thanks in advance.

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jvincent 12-04-2014 09:47 PM

Did you get it aligned after lowering it?

Sounds like the toe might be off.

bacon_cheese_beer 12-04-2014 09:54 PM

no, i was thinking the same thing.

ZionsWrath 12-04-2014 09:58 PM

Get an alignment.

Are you running summer tires? Those won't be any good even in light snow.

bacon_cheese_beer 12-04-2014 10:04 PM

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heres what it looks like

ZionsWrath 12-04-2014 10:04 PM

That's camber wear. Get rear control arms

bacon_cheese_beer 12-04-2014 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZionsWrath (Post 2045003)
Get an alignment.

Are you running summer tires? Those won't be any good even in light snow.

i just bought some continental DWS, paid the price for my ignorance.

bacon_cheese_beer 12-04-2014 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZionsWrath (Post 2045009)
That's camber wear. Get rear control arms

with the rear control arms, then take it to alignment shop for adjustment?

ZionsWrath 12-04-2014 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by bacon_cheese_beer (Post 2045013)
with the rear control arms, then take it to alignment shop for adjustment?

Yes, make sure the place you take it to will work with your new adjustable arms. Some chain shops won't.

mav1178 12-04-2014 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZionsWrath (Post 2045009)
That's camber wear. Get rear control arms

That looks like camber wear contributed by toe.

I am running a fairly aggressive alignment for street use and have nowhere near that level of wear on my tires, and my toe is virtually zero.

-alex

bacon_cheese_beer 12-04-2014 10:15 PM

so Leshuab would probably not be a good place to start

mav1178 12-04-2014 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by bacon_cheese_beer (Post 2045026)
so Leshuab would probably not be a good place to start

Where you should start is with the last place you got an alignment.

Camber by itself should not have that type of uneven wear. It's bad toe on your passenger side rear wheel.

-alex

bacon_cheese_beer 12-04-2014 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mav1178 (Post 2045030)
Where you should start is with the last place you got an alignment.

Camber by itself should not have that type of uneven wear. It's bad toe on your passenger side rear wheel.

-alex

never got an alignment, lowered it myself. and im beating myself up for it now.

troek 12-05-2014 03:33 AM

always best to get an alignment. if you dont though, check you tires very often, and the second you see some odd wear, you know, you should have gotten an alignment. i lowered and added front camber to my car. measured my toe my self, determined it was fine, and have gone through 2 sets of tires with no abnormal wear. its a gamble i guess.


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