iposthere

Hey,

I have searched the forums for Cmaber kits (like RCA, ect) but I still haven't found something that will fix my problem.

Problem: Front Inner Tire wear. This time it was somewhat a curved inned wear, like a quarter pipe (instead of a straight angle wear).

My Setup:
Ibach Springs (1.5" drop i think)
Bilstein Sport Shocks (just got these put in 4 months ago, was using stock shocks before that)
18" rims (tire size225/40/18")



How can i fix this? I have gotten a lot of alignments and keep going through tires.

AYEmike

whats your camber at.

lexusscturbo

iTrader: (12)

Are you running low on air?

iposthere

The camber I was at last time was about 0.9% camber on the front left (the tire that is worn) and 0.3% on the front right.

The PSI i have on my 225/40/18 tires is 33-34psi. (it hasnt gone below 30psi when i've checked, but i normally try to keep it around33-34psi).

kit cat

iTrader: (6)

I was about to say have your toe checked...but if you keep on going through even with an alignment, maybe a suspension component is messed up.

jacksonvp

What is your Toe at on the alignment printout? Camber is going to gradually wear the tire unless you are running extreme camber (lifting the outside of the tire status). The convex style of wear would have more to do with the belt edge and sidewall construction.

Cupping is a different condition where most commonly the tread angles back in early stages and then begins to deform greatly if unchecked.

Debonair

That looks more like a camber issue then cupping. What are the specs? have all your alignments been performed at the same shop?

Cupping:

kit cat

iTrader: (6)

I doubt its camber like jacksonvp and myself said. Most likely toe, but if the OP went through few alignments, then I would suspect its the suspension itself.

chrispy

iTrader: (21)

Is your car high mileaged? When your caster arm bushing goes bad your toe will change no matter how many times you align it. You can try going with Daizen or TRD bushings, or buy new caster arms.

This kind of stuff worries me because of the stress I put on my suspension.

pingu

Eibach's drop 1" iirc.

jacksonvp

If you are only on springs, I would probably take it back to the alignment shop and have them push down on your car and see how the suspension read outs react. As you drive and the suspension loads and unloads, more than just camber will change with the angle of the suspension arms. So perhaps its only an issue when the suspension is loaded, and the tires toe outward and scrub the inside very hard? What allignment shop are you taking it to? This is where the midas style places lose their touch and you're better off taking it to a quality shop.

ElitistK

iTrader: (4)

werd. castor bushing also goes out every 60k miles.

5t341th

iTrader: (16)

go get an alignment at a proper place. with printout so u can know the specs
just so u know, even after the alignment, your tires will still be in that condition. its not going to stop cupping.

PHML

iTrader: (33)

mild drop....major camber problem...looks like an alignment issue.

SS (RCA) kit won't help in this case since your on springs/shock setup. you need coilovers to adjust back up to compensate for the SS kit drop.

iposthere

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for all the responses.

I took it to a tire shop (Tire Pros), they have done pretty much all my alignments. They gave me a printout of my alignment and everything was in the green (i'll get it tomorrow and post the stats). They said when i took it back that it wasn't much adjustment needed. But i always seem to have this inner wear problem.

My car has 120K miles on it.

Do you think this is a Bushing problem then?

Thanks again for all the help!