LexusK

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Need some help on this guys. I took my car in to get an oil change and they saw that the steel belts on both my driver side tires are showing, but only on the inside. I have Falken FK452 tires on them, 245/35 and 275/30. Passenger side is fine. These are fairly new tires and have been on the car for less than a year. I know Im going to have to get an alignment cause the guy said my toe was off or something at a 15 degree angle. Something along those lines. What should I do with the tires though?

1. Flip the driver side tires so that the belts are on the outside?

2. Switch the tires from driver side to passenger side?

3. Get new tires?

Forgot to mention that I am lowered on 19s if that makes any difference.

DaveGS4

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Once the belts are showing its time to get new tires. If it was simply wear might be ok to do #1 or #2 (solution depending if your tires are directional, staggered, etc)

LexusK

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So no way to salvage those tires huh? How did this happen exactly? Why is it just the drive side? Is it rubbing on my fender?

rominl

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nop, no way to salvage them. once belts show, that's it for the tire

it could be a few reasons, but more than likely the alignment is off in such a way that it's wearing the driver side inside a lot more than the passenger side. i highly doubt it's rubbing your fender, if it's rubbing that bad you would be hearing it all the time

i have a feeling the toe is not right (especially to compensate camber, if your car is lowered)

LexusK

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Great... throwing away perfectly good tires. I love wasting money... Good thing I have an extra set in the garage... *sigh* They werent supposed to go on for another couple months.

vwynn

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up to you if u want to take the risk.

Last thing u want happen is the steel ply's rusting and blowing on you.

horent135

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Just get new tires, and get your alignment done, the wrong toe cause excessive wear on your tire. I had new tires and wore out like 3000 miles cuz of my toe.