Nasty front tyre wear - suggestions?!
10 July 2004, 10:46 AM
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Nasty front tyre wear - suggestions?!
Hi all,
I recently bought a 99MY 5dr and now, looking at it in full daylight without my rose-tinted specs, I see that both front tyres are fast approaching the canvas on a narrow band on the inside edge.
As I'm new to the world of Scoobys, does this just sound like a conventional tracking issue, or should I be looking somewhere else? The N/S front wheel has some slight kerbing damage, but there is nothing else to suggest that it has had a knock; it has certainly never been in an accident or had any bodywork, etc.
Incidentally, the tyres are fairly average looking Kumho ECSTA Supra's(?) on standard 16" rims. The remaining tread has a depth of approx 3-4mm, it is just a band of about 30mm on the inside edge that has been worn off both tyres (N/S is slightly worse)
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Thoughts??!
I recently bought a 99MY 5dr and now, looking at it in full daylight without my rose-tinted specs, I see that both front tyres are fast approaching the canvas on a narrow band on the inside edge.
As I'm new to the world of Scoobys, does this just sound like a conventional tracking issue, or should I be looking somewhere else? The N/S front wheel has some slight kerbing damage, but there is nothing else to suggest that it has had a knock; it has certainly never been in an accident or had any bodywork, etc.
Incidentally, the tyres are fairly average looking Kumho ECSTA Supra's(?) on standard 16" rims. The remaining tread has a depth of approx 3-4mm, it is just a band of about 30mm on the inside edge that has been worn off both tyres (N/S is slightly worse)
.Thoughts??!
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Originally Posted by MY99-5DR
Hi all,
I recently bought a 99MY 5dr and now, looking at it in full daylight without my rose-tinted specs, I see that both front tyres are fast approaching the canvas on a narrow band on the inside edge.
As I'm new to the world of Scoobys, does this just sound like a conventional tracking issue, or should I be looking somewhere else? The N/S front wheel has some slight kerbing damage, but there is nothing else to suggest that it has had a knock; it has certainly never been in an accident or had any bodywork, etc.
Incidentally, the tyres are fairly average looking Kumho ECSTA Supra's(?) on standard 16" rims. The remaining tread has a depth of approx 3-4mm, it is just a band of about 30mm on the inside edge that has been worn off both tyres (N/S is slightly worse).
Thoughts??!
I recently bought a 99MY 5dr and now, looking at it in full daylight without my rose-tinted specs, I see that both front tyres are fast approaching the canvas on a narrow band on the inside edge.
As I'm new to the world of Scoobys, does this just sound like a conventional tracking issue, or should I be looking somewhere else? The N/S front wheel has some slight kerbing damage, but there is nothing else to suggest that it has had a knock; it has certainly never been in an accident or had any bodywork, etc.
Incidentally, the tyres are fairly average looking Kumho ECSTA Supra's(?) on standard 16" rims. The remaining tread has a depth of approx 3-4mm, it is just a band of about 30mm on the inside edge that has been worn off both tyres (N/S is slightly worse)
.Thoughts??!
The awd should wear the tires pretty evenly but a camber setting as in yours would require a more frequent rotation.
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get the wheels laser aligned. On my old 01wrx they were bare on the inside and fine on the outside. Got the alignment done at TSL and it was a different car mate, handled ten times better and the wear was even too!
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Originally Posted by ARM-Scooby
get the wheels laser aligned. On my old 01wrx they were bare on the inside and fine on the outside. Got the alignment done at TSL and it was a different car mate, handled ten times better and the wear was even too!
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