Excessive tire wear
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Excessive tire wear
Does any one knew the alignment specs for an 05 LS430?
Tires are at 35 PSI
Inside
Outside
I am going this weekend to a trusted alignment/wheel shop to see what they say, but I wonder if any of you had this issue before.
Tires are General Altimax
Tires are at 35 PSI
Inside
Outside
I am going this weekend to a trusted alignment/wheel shop to see what they say, but I wonder if any of you had this issue before.
Tires are General Altimax
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2005 LS430 alignment specs attached. 33psi is the setting for 245/45/18 96W and 31psi for 225/55/17 95H. 35psi sounds too high.
Did your car track straight or was there a slight pull to a side?
Did your car track straight or was there a slight pull to a side?
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Thank you for the alignment specs, I was looking for them! The Door Jam PSI is for factory tires, let alone its only a "guide" so that people do not under inflate. 35PSI is fine, and great for these tires. 31 is too low imo. Also I know for a fact if its over inflated the insides would wear out rather then the outsides. Under inflation you would get outsides of the tires wearing, thing is the only one side has a lot more wear then the other, which tells me alignment issue. I look at them and visually every once in a while check if the tires are low, and never has the tire ran low on air for extended periods of time, that I am aware off, my dad usually tells me that he needs air and Ill use the compressor we have. It did pull to the right for a bit and told him to get an alignment but I asked for the alignment specs and he said the printer was broken. I am personally going to take it to the shop I use for my car which has helped me tremendously with my car when the dealer messed it up, so maybe his alignment is still screwed. Ill keep you guys posted.
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Glad you got it fixed and thanks for the update on what the problem was. How many miles on the car ? Do you think it was a normal wear item from just mile s driven or was it related to hitting a major pothole, etc?
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The 4 tires have abnormal 2 which need to be replaced very soon. The place I went to recommended 4 new tires. I don't know if the tired worn due to bad alignment 100% as they could if ran low on air.
The tires other wise have 5/32nd of tread. were they are not worn down.
Next tires will be monitored a lot better and no longer going to tirekingdom or similar for alignments.
The shop I take my car too did a better job getting everything into spec.
Last edited by tsslaporte; Feb 24, 2011 at 09:15 AM.
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