tire shredding

[tbointegra]

can anyone help, i drive a 98 turbo integra GSi, im chewing through tires at the moment. my car is lowered with king spring super lows with stock shox and i have good falken tires. its just costing me heaps of pennys to keep replacing tires, can any one help????

[integra95]

Mate, there is probably a couple of issues here,

1. You have lowered your car with super lows and stock shox which means there is a likliness that your tyres are scrubbing, especially around corners
2. If you have new rims/tyres or changed the rims/tyres yourself recently then you probably need to go get a wheel balance, most places do $20 a tyre - this will mainly be evident if your tyres are wearing on the inside of the wheels.
3. If it's a turbo GSI you should stop spinning your wheels at the lights dragging skylines
4. If your car has been lowered without removing the guard liner or rolling the guards then thats also probably an issue

You should sell your GSI turbo and buy a Vtir or a Type R, think of the poor GSI motor coping a beating from the bolt on kit

Hope it helps bro

Cheers:thumbsup:

[Q_ball]

Chill on the throttle!
And as above, you might want to address any scrubbing issues you may have.

[tbointegra]

thanx guys

teg95 - dont have the money for a Type R but now i think about it VTIR woulda been better with less isues. Thanks for advice, ill check it all out - sorry cant post a rep point to ya, says i need to share the love before posting u again LOL stoopid forums

[EuroDude]

When you lower the car, you need to upgrade three things. The Springs, the shocks, and the suspension parts related to camber.

If you dont upgrade the shocks, the stock shocks will wear out far sooner than normal, possibly within a year, and the car will become 'bouncy'.

If you dont upgrade the camber, you will wear the inside of the tyres quickly.
So get a camber kit, it will save you money on tyres in the long run.

If the tyres are hitting the wheel arches, the wheel diameter is too wide and/or the springs are too low. Perhaps a lower profile tyre will help.

[EKVTIR-T]

can anyone help, i drive a 98 turbo integra GSi, im chewing through tires at the moment. my car is lowered with king spring super lows with stock shox and i have good falken tires. its just costing me heaps of pennys to keep replacing tires, can any one help????

Most likely the stock dampers are on their way out which when paired with the kings would probably cause the tyre to jump over any bumps instead of rebounding to keep continuous contact with the road.
I had similiar issues with my civic.
It will wear the tyres alot faster...

[integra95]

ban aftermarket HID's??? That is a terrible, terrible sin to have said so..Im deeply horrified :eek:

[EKVTIR-T]

ban aftermarket HID's??? That is a terrible, terrible sin to have said so..Im deeply horrified :eek:

Ye well I'm sick and tired of being blinded and stunned from both oncoming and cars behind with gay hid kits on their echo's,lancers,older hondas etc.
The light spread is totally different to oem hid's.
Trying to make their car look "cool".....

[EuroDude]

Ye well I'm sick and tired of being blinded and stunned from both oncoming and cars behind with gay hid kits on their echo's,lancers,older hondas etc.
The light spread is totally different to oem hid's.
Trying to make their car look "cool".....

I hear ya man, annoys me too.
Espeically those who dont use projectors, or they have projectors but with an incorrect cut-off level.

[integra95]

it does look good, i have a 95 teg with HIDs and it completely makes the car! at night time it just tips off the look and makes it look so clean and stealth, think ur having a whinge really, theres more things u should be worried about on the road than HID's like d*ckheads in commonwhores and fords

[EKVTIR-T]

it does look good, i have a 95 teg with HIDs and it completely makes the car! at night time it just tips off the look and makes it look so clean and stealth, think ur having a whinge really, theres more things u should be worried about on the road than HID's like d*ckheads in commonwhores and fords

Umm ye ok...
Ye who needs their vision while driving...:rolleyes:

[dudeling7]

how do your tyres wear out? is there any specific pattern to the wear? inside wheel, outside, centre, all around? how long are your tyres lasting you?

i know at one stage my toe was way out and my front tyres lasted me less than a year and thats with rotating and swapping around the tyre lol. toe kills tyres quicker than camber.

now that i fixed the toe its much much better ive got a year otta these tyres. although my car is pretty slammed the camber wear is not bad (inner wear pretty much non present) the wear is all even. but yeh camber kits next.

ps keep the turbo haha