Hey guys, lately I've noticed that my steering wheel shakes when I hit 100km/hr and makes some slight noise. I started thinking it was a bent rim or my rotors because I knew I had 1 warped rotor. So today I was changing my rotors and inspected all my tires. The rears seem like even wear. Front driver side has a little bit more wear on the inside but not by much. When I got to the Passenger side front tire it was pretty much done. The outter half seems good but the inner part of the tire (the part inside the wheel well) Was completely worn down. Makes sense because when I was carrying a passenger earlier, the noise got worse. It's not a clicking or a clunking noise, sort of like a thudding noise or really loud road noise? I'm assuming it's from the tire being so worn down on the shoulder

My question is, does a simple alignment fix this camber problem or do I have a more serious problem with my suspension that needs to be fixed. I googled it and car doesn't pull to any side as symptoms have been suggested. Car is a 2003 g35 sedan, completely stock. Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

Do you have any photos of the wear?

Could be a number of different things.

 

Yes I realize I have my studded winter tires on there

 

It looks like your lower ball joint boot is ripped. If the ball joint itself is shot that could be the reason the tire's wearing funny.

 

+1

I'd take it into an alignment shop to see if the bushings are all good and whatnot. That doesn't look like camber wear to me.

 

is it jus me or does it look like hes got a gazillion nails in the tire lol

 

nvm. youres at stock. might be a camber problem

 

I was also questioning that as well haha.

 

He said they are studded tires for the winter time.

 

^wats that mean? sorry we have no winter here lol

 

I have no winter either lol, but having metal studs in the tires must help grip on snowy/icy roads similar to how snow chains would.

 

Studs definitely help during winter driving but I think most could get by without them. They totally caught me off guard earlier, I thought he had just run over a bunch of nails at first haha.

 

so after winter they would remove the studs or leave them on forever? then ur left with holes in the tire?

 

I believe you remove the tires altogether for non-studded tires.

 

^ I would say the same.