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Triggy 06-20-2020 01:45 AM

Excessive front tire wear
 
Hey
i got my car aligned a few months ago, relatively weak toe and caster with 5* negative camber. I am now two sets of front tires down with wear on the inside side wall, which ive never seen on "high" camber alignements. I dot quite a lot of drift, i was wondering if front tire wear like this is common due to a weird geometry thing our cars could have under load?

https://imgur.com/uLUAFos

Rusty 06-20-2020 12:22 PM

If you are running camber at -5. YES you will have tire wear on the inside. The outside edge isn't even on the ground. If your toe is off. It will wear even faster. Most don't go past -3 on camber. Do you have adjustable upper control arms?

JARblue 06-20-2020 12:29 PM

lol -5 degrees camber and you're complaining about tire wear? :gtfo2: with that shět :rofl2: :rofl2:

OptionZero 06-20-2020 01:05 PM

not only that, but he's driving the car at drift events

so

high camber + hard driving . . . why surprise at uneven and high wear?

POS VETT 06-20-2020 10:48 PM

Damn, -5° camber. I run only -3° on my Z06 when running soft compound slicks. Caster is, however, set at +8°. Is there a reason why initial camber was that low? I'd rather run a higher number (probably around -2°) for camber and much higher positive caster (over +7°).

OptionZero 06-20-2020 11:22 PM

for wheel fitment

found this pic of his car from another thread:

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Originally Posted by Triggy (Post 3873212)


Triggy 06-21-2020 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue (Post 3943232)
lol -5 degrees camber and you're complaining about tire wear? :gtfo2: with that shět :rofl2: :rofl2:

I get what you’re saying but 1000miles on a set of tires isn’t “normal” even with higher camber.

Here are my specs:
Camber 5*
Caster 3.5*
Toe 10 in

BGTV8 06-21-2020 02:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Triggy (Post 3943326)
I get what you’re saying but 1000miles on a set of tires isn’t “normal” even with higher camber.

Here are my specs:
Camber 5*
Caster 3.5*
Toe 10 in

Actually - with that much camber, I am blown-away that you even get 1000 miles out of your tyres

The toe setting also looks dodgy. 10 "what" in ..... 10 degrees, 0.10 inch, 10mm ........... is that total toe-in or each side.

Triggy 06-21-2020 02:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BGTV8 (Post 3943334)
Actually - with that much camber, I am blown-away that you even get 1000 miles out of your tyres

The toe setting also looks dodgy. 10 "what" in ..... 10 degrees, 0.10 inch, 10mm ........... is that total toe-in or each side.

10* toe each side

OptionZero 06-21-2020 10:16 AM

Are you saying 10 DEGREES?

I think we found the problem
Look in the drivers seat

JARblue 06-21-2020 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Triggy (Post 3943326)
I get what you’re saying but 1000miles on a set of tires isn’t “normal” even with higher camber.

Here are my specs:
Camber 5*
Caster 3.5*
Toe 10 in

:worthless:

Rusty 06-21-2020 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OptionZero (Post 3943366)
Are you saying 10 DEGREES?

I think we found the problem
Look in the drivers seat

He is his own worst enemy.

Rusty 06-21-2020 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Triggy (Post 3943326)
I get what you’re saying but 1000miles on a set of tires isn’t “normal” even with higher camber.

Here are my specs:
Camber 5*
Caster 3.5*
Toe 10 in

With your spec's. 1000 miles IS normal.

Triggy 06-22-2020 01:01 AM

Thanks for the good input boys, was worth my time ����

OptionZero 06-22-2020 12:46 PM

dont get mad at us

you want us to give you a diagnosis that DOESN'T acknowledge the obvious problem?

go to a proper alignment shop that deals with race cars, including drift cars, and see if they spot anything beyond the glaring issues of your camber and insane toe specs

you also didn't give us your tire compound, which is also a factor

tire wear is always gonna come down to:
- camber
- toe
- compound
- driver

everything you gave us is that your camber is high, your toe is NUTS, and your driving is hard.

wtf u expect us to say? we aren't looking under your car, we aren't gonna point out a magical gremlin thats eating your tires at night


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