Abnormal tire wear?

j.arnaldo · 06-26-2010, 10:17 AM

Those Nissan bugs are still on the prowl!

TreeSemdyZee · 06-26-2010, 10:30 AM

The camber "issue" isn't really a bug. The negative camber makes for better handling. Makes for more tire wear in the process.

Volcom370Z · 06-26-2010, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by TreeSemdyZee

The camber "issue" isn't really a bug. The negative camber makes for better handling. Makes for more tire wear in the process.

Right, but negative camber should wear the insides of the tires faster than the outsides, and I have the opposite and as I mentioned previously, if it were a toe issue, then I'd be getting feathering on the outside (which I'm not). Aside from having positive camber on a tire, I can't think fo anything that would cause only the outside to wear faster than the rest of the tire.

Anyone know if it is just the compound of the stock tires? These days there might be different materials on different ribs of the tire... If this is just my driving habits (which is not aggressive), I'm ok with that (kind of) but if there is something I'm not thinking of, I'm all ears.

TreeSemdyZee · 06-26-2010, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Volcom370Z

Right, but negative camber should wear the insides of the tires faster than the outsides, and I have the opposite and as I mentioned previously, if it were a toe issue, then I'd be getting feathering on the outside (which I'm not). Aside from having positive camber on a tire, I can't think fo anything that would cause only the outside to wear faster than the rest of the tire.

Anyone know if it is just the compound of the stock tires? These days there might be different materials on different ribs of the tire... If this is just my driving habits (which is not aggressive), I'm ok with that (kind of) but if there is something I'm not thinking of, I'm all ears.

Yeah, I was just speaking to j.arnaldo's comment.

I'll have to check mine when I go outside, but I vaguely remember the numbers on mine being a little weird also. It wasn't really enough to worry about when I checked it. Kind of attributed it to a heavy right foot.

Have you actually used a depth gauge or are you just eye-balling it?

Volcom370Z · 06-26-2010, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by azn370z

How about some pics so we know if it's abnormal or not.

I'll work on that...

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Originally Posted by TreeSemdyZee

Yeah, I was just speaking to j.arnaldo's comment.

I'll have to check mine when I go outside, but I vaguely remember the numbers on mine being a little weird also. It wasn't really enough to worry about when I checked it. Kind of attributed it to a heavy right foot.

Have you actually used a depth gauge or are you just eye-balling it?

Thats the old mark 1 eyeball... its enough to notice visually... I'll try and get some pics

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