ANOTHER set of tyres destroyed
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I'm about to go next week to get my alignment done myself. Just found out that my front tires were shot. I'm almost done replacing just about everything in the front end. I had some pretty worn strut rod bushings, ball joints, and tie-rods. You can only do so much with an alignment with worn parts. I'm starting to consider air myself though. Sounds nice being able to go places the LS hasn't gone before! lmao
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ok everytime i get tyres fitted always wheel balance and alignment. without fail..
tyre service is trying to say cause the tread is slightly less in width than the rim width there is to much stress on the walls of the tyre.. i call bull****..
i do remember the alignment dude saying something about setting toe in a little more than factory.. hhhmmm
this is the car with 4 degrees of chamber on the rears
tyre service is trying to say cause the tread is slightly less in width than the rim width there is to much stress on the walls of the tyre.. i call bull****..
i do remember the alignment dude saying something about setting toe in a little more than factory.. hhhmmm
this is the car with 4 degrees of chamber on the rears
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Actually thats the step in the wrong direction. Air suspension wreaks havoc on your alignment, it is never spot on. With coilovers, you can increase the dampening and spring rates, minimizing compression and rebound and preventing tire scrub.
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are you getting tread separation (bubbles on the sidewall)? Your setup doesn't look anything out of factory, just lowered. -4* of camber isn't going to kill tires like that. It's either your toe is more than a degree off, or you got some junk tires. I run a healthy stretch, 225/40 on a 11" wide wheel at -7* of camber, and I still get 10-12k miles out of tires. I've only had one issue of tread separation, but it was a bad tire that was warrantied out.
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Yeah, your stance does not look particularly aggressive. You might consider a new shop doing your alignment. Maybe they are not doing it right. What kind of tires are you using? Offset? On my former LS400 I was running Tanabe's which were only a 1.5" & 2" drop on SC430 +45 wheels and no problems getting the alignment in spec. I put on about 10,000 miles on the setup before selling the car and had no sign of wear.
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so whats a good brand coilover to run in these cars?
option 1 - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Function-...item2ec9aec312
option 1 - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Function-...item2ec9aec312
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