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‘15 IS250 AWD - Inner tire wear on front wheels

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Old Sep 25, 2020 | 04:35 PM
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Hi All,

‘15 Lexus IS 250 AWD

recently the car has been making a bit more noticeable noise when driving and slight vibration at points (mostly drive around town)

Just replaced my rear tires today (Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3+) and thought it would fix it, but after looking closer at my front tires I notice the inner tread on both front wheels are worn (I believe wire is showing) — this feels like I should replace the front tires as well (got an alignment done and all still checked out perfect)

Sucks because the model is staggered so can’t rotate, but has this happened to anyone else? why is the tread life normal on the other parts but worn out completely on the inner? (just replaced the front tires a little over 1.5 years ago)

pictures of front tire:




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Old Sep 25, 2020 | 07:15 PM
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Ran into the same issue. We have the same car except mine is lowered with spacers on it. People say to get the bushings and adjust the toe to 0.08.
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Old Sep 25, 2020 | 07:41 PM
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Have you replaced the lower control arm bushings with the RC-F ones? There's tons of information if you search for it on the forum.
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Old Sep 25, 2020 | 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by mlaman
Hi All,

‘15 Lexus IS 250 AWD

recently the car has been making a bit more noticeable noise when driving and slight vibration at points (mostly drive around town)

Just replaced my rear tires today (Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3+) and thought it would fix it, but after looking closer at my front tires I notice the inner tread on both front wheels are worn (I believe wire is showing) — this feels like I should replace the front tires as well (got an alignment done and all still checked out perfect)

Sucks because the model is staggered so can’t rotate, but has this happened to anyone else? why is the tread life normal on the other parts but worn out completely on the inner? (just replaced the front tires a little over 1.5 years ago)

pictures of front tire:



Arguably the most discussed topic on the forum. But and install the Lexus RCF-GAF front lower control arm bushings to mitigate the problem.
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