johnny.h

Howdy, new member to CL. Purchased a used IS. The previous owner had terrible inner tread wear therefore I bought new tires and got an alignment.

Can anyone tell me if this is within spec. Would it kill my tire?

johnny.h

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ijulmimi

Did you do the alignment at the agent? The techs/mechs should know. They're trained for Lexus.

2slow

iTrader: (5)

What you really need to worry about is toe since it gives you the most tire wear. Camber is 2nd for tire wear but is nonadjustable unless you have a camber kit. Caster is nonadjustable for our cars and is directional so it doesn't wear out your tires, but caster affects toe which in the end affects tire wear.

From what i see

Front Left toe is off .02 degrees
Front Right toe is off .03 degrees.
Rear Left toe is off .06 degrees
Rear Right is off .04 degrees

The alignment place put your toe into the green zone within specs, but not at the specified degree the manufacture wanted it to be.

Even though it's within the green, there will be tire wear because it's not at exact specs.(Also because of camber)

Caster is OK since it's positive. Positive caster will give you harder steering, but it's better than negative. (Negative caster you'll get to pulling one side with most negative caster.)


Suggestion: Find another alignment place.

johnny.h

From what I see, they didn't really do much from before and after. What exactly do I have to tell them to do on my next visit to a alignment place?

T-Rex06

iTrader: (12)

Is your car stock or lowered? Looking at the print out, it could be done better. But it's still within specs so you shouldn't worry too much. If you're in So. Cal, I can recommend you a shop which many of the members here have had good experiences including myself.

Terrance

15951

I'd say they did a pretty crappy job, because many of the measures are still out of spec. Frankly, I'm surprised they gave this sheet to you, given it only really proves that they suck.

johnny.h

My car is lowered with 19s. It may be very close within specs but it might still wear down my tires fast. The previous owner said he had to change new tires every 20k miles.

Can you tell me what shop that is?

T-Rex06

iTrader: (12)

Depending on how low you're dropped, the camber will vary. Unfortunately, there are no handles to correct the camber issue. As long as the toes are within specs, you should get decent mileage out of your tires.

Tire wear will vary from one brand to another. Every tire has different tread wear grades. Softer tires will wear faster. Generally speaking, 20K miles from low profile tires is not too bad.

If you are in San Gabriel Valley area, you should definitely check out Cyrus at JC Auto. He does really good work and I'm sure a lot of the members here can vouch for his work. The address is:

9237 Lower Azusa Rd Unit O
Temple City, CA 91780
(626) 287-7781

Terrance

2slow

iTrader: (5)

You should get your toe to manufacture specs from the body shop Terrance gave you. Other than that, you can just hope for the best..unless you buy the megan camber kit.