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uneven tyre wear

Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 7:58 pm
by grant_day
Hey all, after lowering the girlfriends delsol, I have noticed there is very very uneven wear on the inside of the front tyres, its not rubbing on thearches or when the wheels are turned, could it be the tracking ?
Here's a couple of pictures to show what I mean.

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Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 8:00 pm
by Donald
You should really get it realigned when you lower anyway, depending how low you went as well will give you a bit of camber.

Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 8:01 pm
by grant_day
My phone is playing silly buggers, im having trouble with the pics, I will upload them.when I get home from work.

Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 8:02 pm
by grant_day
It was only 40mm lower than standard, I will get it re aligned asap then. Would the camber need adjusting?

Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 9:12 pm
by lewd lude lover
40mm is quite a large drop on a little car like the delsol. My guess is you've put a negative camber on them (3-4degrees) and without a geo its pushed them toe in a bit as well. i bet the turn in is well sharp :twisted: :lol:

you might need to get a camber kit to correct or get a proper geo done...

if you look at the car from the back i bet you can see the broken suspension look of the wheels is angled into the wheel arch.

Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 9:14 pm
by A1ex
^^^^ This. LLL and I lowered my car and could clearly see the broken suspension look. straddlimng speed bumps doesn't help either :evil:

Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 9:24 pm
by lewd lude lover
My car is 'quite' low and rich put a geo on it thats not seen it wear too uneven yet.

Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 12:06 am
by grant_day
Would I need to buy a camber adjustment kit or just take it to q garage for adjusting?

Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 2:00 pm
by lewd lude lover
prob a garage to do a proper geo. its gotta be somewhere that knows what its doing though otherwise they will just put it to stock settings. these are the wrong ones...


you need somewhere that can take account of the drop and adjut accordingly.

Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 3:48 pm
by JayJay
You may need a camber kit (balljoints or top mounts, not sure which one applies), I know the 4th gen ludes don't have camber adjustable fronts which is a bit annoying as mine is slightly out, probably going to be more noticeable on my 17s now.