uneven tyre wear

grant_day · Post by **grant_day** » Fri May 25, 2012 7:58 pm

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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Post by **Donald** » Fri May 25, 2012 8:00 pm

You should really get it realigned when you lower anyway, depending how low you went as well will give you a bit of camber.

grant_day · Post by **grant_day** » Fri May 25, 2012 8:01 pm

My phone is playing silly buggers, im having trouble with the pics, I will upload them.when I get home from work.

grant_day · Post by **grant_day** » Fri May 25, 2012 8:02 pm

It was only 40mm lower than standard, I will get it re aligned asap then. Would the camber need adjusting?

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Fri May 25, 2012 9:12 pm

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

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.

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Fri May 25, 2012 9:14 pm

^^^^ This. LLL and I lowered my car and could clearly see the broken suspension look. straddlimng speed bumps doesn't help either

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Fri May 25, 2012 9:24 pm

My car is 'quite' low and rich put a geo on it thats not seen it wear too uneven yet.

grant_day · Post by **grant_day** » Sat May 26, 2012 12:06 am

Would I need to buy a camber adjustment kit or just take it to q garage for adjusting?

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Sat May 26, 2012 2:00 pm

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.

JayJay · Post by **JayJay** » Sat May 26, 2012 3:48 pm

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.