Hi tyre wear cl9

[Dogchaser]

Howdy all
My 06 luxury....
Had wheel alignment not long ago..front wearing rapidly on outside edges now...
Need ideas and or recommendations of places that know in adl....
Also...pressures?....I run mine higher than it says...about 36psi+
I do know about the need to rotate uni directionals but am unimpressed with results so far....
Help appreciated...

[Chr1s]

Just because you had an alignment done doesn't mean it was done right...

Scan the printout so we can all see what they are.

The amount of weed smokers that are wheel aligners in this industry is a joke.

[3words1meaning]

a camber kit should fix the problem. Some good quality ones from Skunk2 for the front and ingalls for the rear

[roony]

isnt it more about toe adjustment rather than camber adjustment?

[JPR28610]

Yeah post the printout first

[Mr.DC2]

car mite have hit something hard and slightly bent one of the arms under the front or something changed and not fitted properly.

[tony1234]

Just because you had an alignment done doesn't mean it was done right...

Scan the printout so we can all see what they are.

The amount of weed smokers that are wheel aligners in this industry is a joke.
True.I'd say most likely the wheel alignment hasn't been done properly.

[aaronng]

Agree with posting the printout. Here are the stock specs for CL9 (2003-2007) from the factory:

Front
Left & right Toe: 0 mm (+-1.0 mm) on each side
Left & right Camber: 0 º (+- 45')

Rear
Left & right Toe: 1 mm (+-1.0 mm) on each side
Left & right Camber: -1.0 º (+- 30')

Note that the front toe is actually 0mm. Standard practice by many tyre shops is to dial in -2mm total toe in (-1mm on each side) to increase straight line stability. This is not required for the Euro but many tyre shops still do it. The toe in will increase tyre wear on the front outside tyres when you are turning in.

[Dogchaser]

Ok then....
Who is a good place for in Adelaide for a new wheel alignment?

[JPR28610]

im not from adelaide but a search on our friend google came up with this

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=adelaide+wheel+alignment&rls=com.microsoft:en-au:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GGHP_en-GBAU454&redir_esc=&ei=n1EWT7viHoKSiAe8weSFBA

hopefully nothing under there is bent!

[Chr1s]

Just go anywhere, give them those specs Aaronng posted and don't leave/pay until they set them to that.

If you were real anal about wear, I would run zero toe all around.

Having said that, I don't know what the camber gain curve is like for toe changes in these cars so my judgement is worth shit all.

[Dogchaser]

Agree with posting the printout. Here are the stock specs for CL9 (2003-2007) from the factory:

Front
Left & right Toe: 0 mm (+-1.0 mm) on each side
Left & right Camber: 0 º (+- 45')

Rear
Left & right Toe: 1 mm (+-1.0 mm) on each side
Left & right Camber: -1.0 º (+- 30')

Note that the front toe is actually 0mm. Standard practice by many tyre shops is to dial in -2mm total toe in (-1mm on each side) to increase straight line stability. This is not required for the Euro but many tyre shops still do it. The toe in will increase tyre wear on the front outside tyres when you are turning in.


Ok....thanks for that, but...
What the hell does (+- 45') mean?
Not inches i expect......

[senna]

45' is minutes, so they accept a tolerance of +/- 45'

Alignment specs work in Degrees and minutes, 60 minutes in a degree so 45 = 3/4 of a degree :thumbsup: