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Old 09-26-15, 11:34 AM
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My 13 GS has been having poor tire wear on the inner front tires. Alignment is within spec. Camber is at -.5 deg. Anybody else have this problem? Anybody deviate from specs on the camber?
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Originally Posted by StlGasMan
My 13 GS has been having poor tire wear on the inner front tires. Alignment is within spec. Camber is at -.5 deg. Anybody else have this problem? Anybody deviate from specs on the camber?
What's your toe at? Toe can wear tires a lot faster than camber, also short tread life is common on these.
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My car do the same f sport with rwd. My front have outer tire wear and rear have middle thread wear which I put it to oem spec. I got new tire and alignment I'll post the alignment paper when I get home.
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Originally Posted by jdiron29
What's your toe at? Toe can wear tires a lot faster than camber, also short tread life is common on these.
Toe is .07 front. Says steer ahead .03. I have F Sport wheels. Does F Sport have different settings?
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I looked at my tires when I changed my brakes yesterday and they still look brand new at 13K miles! I have the Bridgestone and never rotated them due to RWD so my alignment must be good.
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Originally Posted by StlGasMan
My 13 GS has been having poor tire wear on the inner front tires. Alignment is within spec. Camber is at -.5 deg. Anybody else have this problem? Anybody deviate from specs on the camber?
What are your tire pressure specs?
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Originally Posted by faifai83
What are your tire pressure specs?
I run 35. I have 19" F Sport wheel
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On the SC430 forum we've talked a lot about the negative camber and inner tread wear. We generally like to dial out the negative camber if we can.

Frequent rotation using the proper pattern (front to back, back cross to front) helps, but if you have the F-sport with staggered wheel/tire sizes, you can't
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My IS ate tires like nobody's business. I was actually pretty happy that the AWD GS wasn't staggered
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