Aftermarket Wheels / Tire Tread Wear Question
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Aftermarket Wheels / Tire Tread Wear Question
Just wondering if anyone that knows about tire tread readings could help me out.
I have aftermarket 19's on my ride lowered with H&R Springs. Never got around to doing an alignment / camber adjustment...
So got my car back after Service A and it seems that they did a tire tread reading on my tires...
Left Front (Outside/Center/Inside) 6.5/7.7/5.7
Right Front 6.4/6.9/4.7
Left Rear 5.8/6.3/6.2
Right Rear 6.2/5.8/5.5
Seems that the insides are wearing a bit more than the outsides.
Should I get an alignment/camber adjustment done or is this just a minor difference that won't affect tire wear much? Other thoughts would be appreciated...
I have aftermarket 19's on my ride lowered with H&R Springs. Never got around to doing an alignment / camber adjustment...
So got my car back after Service A and it seems that they did a tire tread reading on my tires...
Left Front (Outside/Center/Inside) 6.5/7.7/5.7
Right Front 6.4/6.9/4.7
Left Rear 5.8/6.3/6.2
Right Rear 6.2/5.8/5.5
Seems that the insides are wearing a bit more than the outsides.
Should I get an alignment/camber adjustment done or is this just a minor difference that won't affect tire wear much? Other thoughts would be appreciated...
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Just wondering if anyone that knows about tire tread readings could help me out.
I have aftermarket 19's on my ride lowered with H&R Springs. Never got around to doing an alignment / camber adjustment...
So got my car back after Service A and it seems that they did a tire tread reading on my tires...
Left Front (Outside/Center/Inside) 6.5/7.7/5.7
Right Front 6.4/6.9/4.7
Left Rear 5.8/6.3/6.2
Right Rear 6.2/5.8/5.5
Seems that the insides are wearing a bit more than the outsides.
Should I get an alignment/camber adjustment done or is this just a minor difference that won't affect tire wear much? Other thoughts would be appreciated...
I have aftermarket 19's on my ride lowered with H&R Springs. Never got around to doing an alignment / camber adjustment...
So got my car back after Service A and it seems that they did a tire tread reading on my tires...
Left Front (Outside/Center/Inside) 6.5/7.7/5.7
Right Front 6.4/6.9/4.7
Left Rear 5.8/6.3/6.2
Right Rear 6.2/5.8/5.5
Seems that the insides are wearing a bit more than the outsides.
Should I get an alignment/camber adjustment done or is this just a minor difference that won't affect tire wear much? Other thoughts would be appreciated...
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Rule of thumb on lowering: Always get an alignment done immediately after lowering. Even without getting a camber kit, adjusting the TOE makes a huge difference for tire wear.
Every car i have owned in the past 15 years has been lowered. Good choice on H&R...their ride heights always seems to be perfect on every car, IMO
Every car i have owned in the past 15 years has been lowered. Good choice on H&R...their ride heights always seems to be perfect on every car, IMO
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The tires that are high in the center are likely over-inflated. The ones lower in the center are under inflated. An alignment is critical after changing any aspect of suspension geometry.
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Typical to lowering especially when not aligning and getting camber kits.
It is very much a problem. One time to Vegas, in my old lowered car (same thing you did, springs, no shocks, alignment was out of whack and no alignment shop seemingly "could align a lowered car" and some "normal" lowering-camber), the inner walls got eaten up so much, I had a blowout while going 80 or so. Fortunately it wasn't a disaster in any way, aside from being stranded in middle of the desert for a couple of hours, having to call everyone in my family at 1 AM to see if anyone has Triple A, waiting for Triple A to trek down to the middle of the desert, riding home with the Tow guy, having to get the car towed to a new tire shop the next day to buy tires, etc.
It is very much a problem. One time to Vegas, in my old lowered car (same thing you did, springs, no shocks, alignment was out of whack and no alignment shop seemingly "could align a lowered car" and some "normal" lowering-camber), the inner walls got eaten up so much, I had a blowout while going 80 or so. Fortunately it wasn't a disaster in any way, aside from being stranded in middle of the desert for a couple of hours, having to call everyone in my family at 1 AM to see if anyone has Triple A, waiting for Triple A to trek down to the middle of the desert, riding home with the Tow guy, having to get the car towed to a new tire shop the next day to buy tires, etc.
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Don't you mean that the other way? Overinflation leads to higher wear in the center while underinflation leads to increased wear on the outside and inside - unless by"high" you meant higher wear etc.
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lol....yes....sheeesh...I meant just the opposite. Tire inflation will will cause the type of readings he is seeing.
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yes...always get a 4 wheel computerized alignment done after suspension changes. By the looks of your numbers, you got negative camber and/or toe in. The oddity is the left rear, which indicates its either positive camber and/or toe out.
