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lowered my car another inch..... (cont)

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Old 09-30-13, 07:48 AM
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and this is what I get on 3 month old tires............

Old 09-30-13, 07:58 AM
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That is why you align your car if you adjust ride height.
Old 09-30-13, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by AKS14
That is why you align your car if you adjust ride height.
Did that, done that
Old 09-30-13, 08:41 AM
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Well if thats the case either they did a very bad job, or perhaps your tire pressure was way off.

My tires have worn pretty evenly and have a ton of meat, and I have had them on the car with it being lowered for around 10k miles now.
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Why does the tread look so low on the good side? Do you drive 100miles a day to bring tread down so fast?
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mad burnouts is my guess
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Holy shatballs, that's just weird assuming they're new-ish tires.... Even my other buddy's cambered tires don't wear out that bad and so quickly! There's definitely a tire quality or alignment issue that needs to be traced back. Or the OP is withholding some information (burn outs? LOL I don't think our cars can really do that without some help).
Old 09-30-13, 10:26 AM
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My used tires last longer than that and I'm -3 in the rear as far as camber goes.
Old 09-30-13, 10:48 AM
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looks like you were a few treads from a blow out. seriously that is pretty bad.

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Originally Posted by tmf2004
looks like you were a few treads from a blow out. seriously that is pretty bad.

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That was a blowout, its flat...... the only reason I found out (as I never expected them to be bald) was the next morning I went out and looked.... It popped like 3 houses away from my house sat night......

Just got 2 new ones, and as you can see the tread is good on the outside.


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Looks like you've got some toe issues
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Wow lol, are you sure you don't burn out?
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I got 5 degree camber on the back and my tires are still new.
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Turns out camber was in spec, toe was -2........
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If youre not burning out and you got an alignment, i honestly think it is tire quality. I hooked my brother up with some new tires from a shop that I worked at. And in less than 3 months he had 2 flats from camber wear. He wanted cheap tires, so he got cheap tires. Tire pressure was good and so was alignment.


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