xbladex00

I have a GS350 AWD and it seems that my hankook ventus V2 concepts side walls are fading alot quicker than the middle... the middle has A LOT more too go but i cant figure out why its doing this... I have the PSI set to 33psi as the side of the door suggested... should i try putting PSI that the tire recommends?

IXI187IXI

iTrader: (3)

whens the last time you had an alignment?

Gotcha350

You are probably running too low of a psi or you need an alignment bad....if the inside and outside sidewall are wearing then its probably a psi issue.

burny

my wifes started this around 80,000 miles. I changed the struts and that did away with the issue

sr20mofo

iTrader: (10)

set the psi to 40 and see if that helps

i run 42psi in the rears and 38psi in the fronts

xbladex00

That is a good question... I'm waiting to get new tires then to get an alignment... But not sure when that is because i have one tire with a bubble... and 2 rears which are wearing unevenly

xbladex00

Yes it is the inner side wall... but the sticker on the side of the door frame says 33psi...

xbladex00

I'm at about 80,000miles but i dont have any problems with the suspension... what should I look out for? sounds? the way my car behaves?

xbladex00

hmmm... I'll try this out but doesnt more PSI make the tire more prone to oversteer?

burny

Her car rode fine, but when I took the front struts off they were really shot. Went back with KYB from Rockauto and the new Nitto 555's are wearing fine with about 12k on them now. The alignment was not an issue

xbladex00

how did u notice they were shot... btw these are my rear tires that are wearing...

Gotcha350

If it's the inside then you most likely need an alignment...but you could have struts failing...I had that issue on my last set and it was cause of the alignment.

angus

iTrader: (4)

I wish more people would respond to my thread about it.

It's the caster arm bushings, replaced mine at 65K and no more issue.

designo

iTrader: (6)

I've got the same tires as you recvently installed, I'm runngin 40psi on stock suspension now.

blue00

sounds like suspension worn out or some other alignment issue. Over inflating the tire beyond what the door sticker states is silly and will cause addional stress on suspension components, in addition to compromising traction/handling and other safety related items.

I ran over-inflated for years (i inflated to what the tire wall said) in the past for two former cars and only now do I realize how silly that was.