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Wow!
Yeah, I second aka paco...Get an alignment, for sure. I had the same type of wear on a front tire, but much more lopsided than yours shows. I knew it was from me swapping upper & lower CA bushings, sway bar end link assemblies and struts and NOT getting the car aligned afterwards. Bad omission to say the least.
Firestone offers lifetime alignments for a one-time $160. You can go back as often as every 6,000 miles and get your ride realigned - FREE!
It's well worth it for guys like us who are always monkeying around with stuff that throws alignment out of whack. I'd look into it. In fact, they've got a $10 off coupon on their website. I finally ponied up for it myself just this Monday.
Yeah, I second aka paco...Get an alignment, for sure. I had the same type of wear on a front tire, but much more lopsided than yours shows. I knew it was from me swapping upper & lower CA bushings, sway bar end link assemblies and struts and NOT getting the car aligned afterwards. Bad omission to say the least.
Firestone offers lifetime alignments for a one-time $160. You can go back as often as every 6,000 miles and get your ride realigned - FREE!
It's well worth it for guys like us who are always monkeying around with stuff that throws alignment out of whack. I'd look into it. In fact, they've got a $10 off coupon on their website. I finally ponied up for it myself just this Monday.
That and he has it dropped so much that it at 3 degrees of camber. His wheels nearly scrape the splash guards on the car. Its not that easy to go say go get it aligned. Firestone with those $1800 + wheels are you kidding me buddy. They wouldn't be able to get the car on there lift cause his car is so lowered.
Matt left his wheel lock key in Tampa and he was in Palm Harbor. Drove him to the Applebees weekly meet then got the key at his place. Took the wheel off yeah tire was smoked. Other rear tire was in okay condition ,but doing burn outs with a open diff not good lol. The front ones are ready to go also and can't be driven on for too long. I am going to try and do a alignment for him cause he needs a in ground alignment machine to drive on. Hopefully he will have less camber,toe,possibly caster today and a fresh set of tires.
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Yeah...I wasn't going to say anything, but you're right. I'd be on pins and needles just knowing that my tread has all but disappeared. I wouldn't be waiting around to see threads and belts.
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They looked like it it had more life on it than I thought... Guess not! haha.
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I have Firestone lifetime alignment. I got to know a few techs that I can trust with my car and I go get it aligned every time I mess with the suspension. I'm running -4* of camber daily so I just tell them to get the toe in spec. The only thing is I have to remove the front bumper when I get it aligned which is a small price to pay.
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This set lasted a year, pretty much to the date.
I put 255's on this time around (265's on last time) so I can tone the camber down slightly. I daily drive the car so I put wear on the car a lot.
For the fronts, same size (225's) but I backed off the spacer 10mm (25mm to 15mm) so I can tone down the camber a little bit. I also added my bump steer kit, so toe issues should be nearly eliminated on bumps, turn ins, etc...
To me it kind of looks like a combination of camber wear and runflat damage. Your bald tire might have picked up a nail or something which caused a slow leak. When you drive a tire on low air pressure the temperature will rise inside the tire causing the sidewall to break down until you get a blowout. What does the inside and front look like?
Alignment shops are my worst enemies. It is very hard to find one withing a 2 hour radius that will take in a lowered car with a lot of camber. Especially Firestone.
Alignment shops are my worst enemies. It is very hard to find one withing a 2 hour radius that will take in a lowered car with a lot of camber. Especially Firestone.