it just happened recently the car starting to feel weird because the steering wheel tilt to the left, i ignore it until i find out tire wear on the inside, my car isn't lower and never been curb but all 4 tires has wear on the inside (they been rotated every 5,000 miles with oil change), my SA told me its time to change all 4 tires because its getting close to the wear bar, i ignore his offer because they still seems to be perfect to me until i check recently with the tires sticking out

either way, I got 4 Continental extremecontact DW (non run flat) on the way here now just wondering do i need alignment? and do i need a new set of TPMS whenever i change tires?

and also how is Big O tires Alignment? they have coupon going on for $44.99
http://www.bigotires.com/OfferDetail...6-e6add9309172

unless anyone here know a good place in Las Vegas that install tire and do alignment please do tell me!!

 

Yes I would take it asap to get an alignment shop to check out the front end. Could be a tie rod that went bad, a control arm. But ya that looks bad!

 

eww i have seen tire wear from toe and camber but neither looked like that. gross.
first step is to not put ANY MORE MILEAGE on those tires. idk if you mentioned that you already swapped out tires/removed them but if you havent DO IT. or else youre gonna have a blow out. and hurt or kill yourself/others.

and then get an alignment

 

if its my tie rod or control arm went bad, do you think the extended warranty would cover? car currently has 70k miles, i never hit anything just normal driving

 

I just replaced my tires yesterday because of that. I got an alignment but it didn't seem that bad.

The advisor said that he sees that type of wear a lot.... Not sure what to think.

 

this kind of tire wear is a result of either:

1. alignment (check camber, toe)
2. bad shocks
3. bad ball joints
4. bad tie rods
5. bent wheel

 

thanks for the info guys, because with these wear no way they are camber wear, looks like something is wrong, if the alignment shop find out my suspension is bad would warranty cover it or they consider it as wear and tear item?

 

Should be covered, I would call the dealer and speak to an adviser just in case.

If not! The tie rods and ball joints are not expensive, and not difficult to install so an alignment shop can easily repair it.

Also your tires look great, why replace all four, just replace the bad one

 

Should be covered under EW.

 

Ball joints for a GS350 is $350 with a shop discount plus labor, not sure how you figure they are cheap. To me that looks like a bad alignment, You always start from the cheaper side, get an alignment done and they will be able to tell you if something is wrong.

 

On ebay aftermarket ball joints run $50-$70

Something definitely failed in the suspension making the toe, and chamber collapse

 

OEM on ebay for $73 bucks

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEXUS-4333039635-GENUINE-OEM-FACTORY-ORIGINAL-LOWER-BALL-JOINT-/271289722510?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3AGS350&hash=item3f2a20a68e&vxp=mtr

 

Looks to me like tire seperation... suspension failure will cause cupping and feathering. Incorrect toe and camber will wear further in the tire... cheap tires do it all the time.

 

I would try the alignment first/
This was my RFT a year ago. I noticed an uneven wear on the inside of the front tires., The tires registered 38K miles. The abnormal wear I believe occurred around a few thousand miles before the 38K mark. I check my tires very often. The new set of Pilot Sport A/S tires still wears evenly after 10K miles.
Knock on woods.

 

anyway, here is update,

i just change out all 4 tires, $770 installed set of 4 Conti ExtremeContact DW.

then went to Big-o-tire for alignment, $80 took them 1 hour, they really take their time on it, found out my tie rod and control arms are good, but they say front camber they cannot adjust. so I might have a bad strut need to replace but is not important yet.



left is current reading, right is before.

thinking of upgrading to BC racing coilover when the car reach 100k miles. any thought?