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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 03:08 PM
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Unhappy Help! Unbelievable tire wear

I replaced my rear tires 2 months ago and only have 1500 miles on it so far. Today, I look at them and found out that they worn out to the point that I need to replace immediately. It worn out very quick, look almost like slick tires, unbelievable!!!
They are 275/35-19 Nitto Invo tires in the rear with a slight drop (Tein springs). My alignment paper read -1.5 camber in the rear (toe is in green). There's an aftermarket camber in the rear and no A-arms in the front ( I bought the car used). The tires are not rubbing and they have even wear on them so I don't know if it's the suspension problem. The rear swings, slid sideways in wet weather. I never did burning out or fast accelerating at all.

Does anybody knows what the problem is? Please help because I can't afford to replace tires every 1000 miles. Thanks!!
 
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 03:18 PM
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If your alignment is all in the green and camber is within spec, you might want to check tire pressure??

Honestly, 1200 miles is faster than any tire I have ever seen.

For a comparison. I ran over -2.5 camber both front and rear with toe adjust as close to spec as possible on those same tires and I got over 10k miles out of them.

Do you think the alignment might have come out of spec?
 
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 03:26 PM
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That's absurdly strange... even if you alignment slipped out a bit, it would have to be pretty extreme to run new tires down that quickly. And you would definitely be able to see and feel the difference if it was that far out.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 04:19 PM
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Is caster off? Something is not right. That is just nuts. I am running -2.5*camber and have at least 10k on my tires. They still have at least 8/32 left with minimum camber wear.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 11:40 PM
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Yeah, caster and toe are in green, only camber is off a little. It's very strange and I don't think it is because of the alignment.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by beck00721
Yeah, caster and toe are in green, only camber is off a little. It's very strange and I don't think it is because of the alignment.
At this point if your alignment printout is showing everything is within factory spec yet you are burning through a set of tires every 1500 miles, then the only thing you can do is buy a new set of tires, take it to a more reliable/experienced alignment shop, and hope for the best. Another thing is that if your car has been in an accident and sustained frame damage, that could lead to uneven tire wear. Hard to say though.

Unfortunately nobody can tell you exactly what is wrong, given the limited information and the amount of variables involved. Best of luck!!
 
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