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Black interior and exterior, manual transmission coupe with sport package
Deadly tire rubbing
So when I left my house today, I noticed my car was pulling hard to the right so I quickly turned around and saw that my tire was flat when I got home. Finally got it up in the air and the same thing has happened now twice. Major separation of the tread from the sidewall. First time it happened the car was completely stock other than the front width. I was running a Milestar 235/40 r19 on the OEM rays. Now I'm on coilovers with a bout a 4 inch drop with 30mm spacers in the front. Still the OEM rays running a Lexanni LX-twenty 235/35 r19. Could my bushings be bad? With this being the second time that the same thing has happened, it makes me think it's something with the car and also not any of the modifications since it all happened before on stock stuff. Here are some pictures of the tire and the wheel well of that wheel.
When was the last time you had the car aligned? Was it within factory spec?
These cars are known for a quite a bit of negative camber which you possibly made quite extreme with the drop.
Four inch drop! Yes, the cause of this is super way huge gigantic excessive camber. You need a whole new adjustable suspension setup. You can't just drop it on the OEM suspension. Even a slight drop will create excessive tire wear. Four inches will destroy any tire in no time at all.
Black interior and exterior, manual transmission coupe with sport package
Originally Posted by G2B35AGN
Four inch drop! Yes, the cause of this is super way huge gigantic excessive camber. You need a whole new adjustable suspension setup. You can't just drop it on the OEM suspension. Even a slight drop will create excessive tire wear. Four inches will destroy any tire in no time at all.
The front by no means has excessive camber. The same thing happened when I was on stock suspension. The rear I will admit does since it's a MacPherson setup. But the front I doubt is any more than 1.5 to 2 degrees. The front driver tire seems to be perfectly fine to me, holds air perfectly and the inner sidewall is very sturdy.
In the picture I can see your tire is completely worn off on that inboard edge. You're probably toed in or out badly on that corner which is literally making the tire roll sort of sideways down the road instead of rolling flat with the road. You'll kill tires in a few thousand miles with bad toe.
Black interior and exterior, manual transmission coupe with sport package
Originally Posted by cleric670
In the picture I can see your tire is completely worn off on that inboard edge. You're probably toed in or out badly on that corner which is literally making the tire roll sort of sideways down the road instead of rolling flat with the road. You'll kill tires in a few thousand miles with bad toe.
That makes a lot of sense, thank you. Its probably been way longer than It should have been since I got an alignment, that's definitely on my list of maintenance to do soon. Ah, the major list of winter maintenance is growing, and my bank account is drowning...
That makes a lot of sense, thank you. Its probably been way longer than It should have been since I got an alignment, that's definitely on my list of maintenance to do soon. Ah, the major list of winter maintenance is growing, and my bank account is drowning...
I sense a camber kit in your future as well. What were u saying about your bank account again?
