major bad tire wear

alsey_seven · Post by **alsey_seven** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:40 pm

OK some of you know that i drive a lot... i mean a lot i bought some tires 24,000 ( Texas trip ) and today i noticed some major tire wear take a look at the shitty picture. ( ya my T1I is coming next month tax season )

front tires look great

Noth rear tires ( had to install stock tires

so i'm guessing bad alignment ??? or what do i need to correct this when i buy new tires next month?

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:42 pm

horribly bad OMG alignment lol

there goes one good set of kumhos

alsey_seven · Post by **alsey_seven** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:55 pm

ya i know my bad so what do i need to correct future tires i didn't care so much because the rear tires had this other problem

had a large bump because of a pothole

ZeroChad · Post by **ZeroChad** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:35 pm

A good amount of negative camber in the rear huh? lol.

alsey_seven · Post by **alsey_seven** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:39 pm

umm i have no camber kit

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:58 pm

You don't need a camber kit to adjust camber, a camber kit just allows for a wider range of adjustment

gsxr7racer · Post by **gsxr7racer** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 4:03 pm

either camber or toed out somehow, regardless you need an alignment.

contagious18 · Post by **contagious18** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 5:13 pm

Woah that's how my tires were befor they blewbout on my way home.

OB · Post by OB » Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:16 pm

r/tguy02 wrote:You don't need a camber kit to adjust camber, a camber kit just allows for a wider range of adjustment

Camber is non adjustable from the factory, so without undersized bolts or camber plates, there is probably less than 1-2% adjustment.

Looks like good ol negative camber wear to me. I do alignments for a living

alsey_seven · Post by **alsey_seven** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:36 pm

thanks guys not going to get the a alignment until 3 weekls or so when i buy the tires.... but damn smog check, yearly car reg next month wtf what a bad way to start the new year next month oww well at least engine trans is runing grea.

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:36 pm

OB wrote:
r/tguy02 wrote:You don't need a camber kit to adjust camber, a camber kit just allows for a wider range of adjustment
Camber is non adjustable from the factory, so without undersized bolts or camber plates, there is probably less than 1-2% adjustment.

Looks like good ol negative camber wear to me. I do alignments for a living

call me stupid but didn't you contradict yourself in that statement?

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:40 pm

When you lowered your car on dropzone springs did you ever get it aligned? As OB said, the tech will not be able to adjust camber in the rear without smaller bolts, or slotting the holes on the clevis bracket.

OB · Post by OB » Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:21 am

r/tguy02 wrote:
OB wrote:
r/tguy02 wrote:You don't need a camber kit to adjust camber, a camber kit just allows for a wider range of adjustment
Camber is non adjustable from the factory, so without undersized bolts or camber plates, there is probably less than 1-2% adjustment.

Looks like good ol negative camber wear to me. I do alignments for a living
call me stupid but didn't you contradict yourself in that statement?

The only adjustment is in the play of the suspension components. The space between the clevis bolts and their bores, control arms, etc. There is no actual adjustment, but if you loosened everything then retorqued it all, you would indeed see a change (the 1-2% I was talking about). Make sense?

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 10:33 am

gotcha

Adam G · Post by **Adam G** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:02 am

after installing my coilovers in the rear of my srt4 my alginment was off that I chewed up tires...I got the offset camber bolts and its fine now

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 2:29 am

Are your rear trailing arm (or are they called control arms? Can't remember...) bushings shot? Mine were and it caused bad tire wear in the rear just like that.