camber wear on tyres

[we tec]

hey guys, got a DC2 thats pretty low, 10cm off the ground if you could imagine.... got new tyres for all 4's bout a year ago and the fronts are worn badly on the inside... ive swapped the tyres so that the inside is now on the outside making the outside baldy and giving the inside the tread. i might have to get new rubber soon or get 2nd hand tyres for the front, just wondering what you guys do in this situation? i can imagine its a common thing because of the neg camber. i got a price on a camber correction kit ( offset balljoint i think ) they wanted $300 a side!!! have you guys gone down this track at all?

[vinnY]

gotten a wheel alignment recently? probably your toe setting destroying your tyres
not the camber

[dsp26]

Inside wear = -ve Camber
Outside Wear = +ve Camber
~Even quick wear = Toe

[DLO01]

Obvious suggestion, get a wheel alignment. 100mm is not low.

Incorrect toe WILL give you uneven wear. Eg if you have 0 camber, excess +ve toe, you'll wear the outsides, -ve toe you'll wear the insides. Its because you tyres want to ride that direction, so it rides up on that leading edge.

[teh_mechanic]

unfortunately camber wear is just one of those things you need to deal with when you lower the car....but 100mm isnt absurdly low.

get a wheel alignment when you get new tyres, incorrect toe will wear tyres out much faster than camber.
if you find it is the camber, and the wear is gradual but blatantly on the inside edge, then your options are ----
- getting camber kit ($300 a side is far too much, 999 racing is selling skunk 2 pro kits at about $150 a side if i remember)
- raise your tyre pressures so the tyre is forced to run more on the middle of itself
- half way through the wear get a tyre shop to switch your left tyres to the right and visa versa (i assume you have directional tyres so the wheels cant just be swapped over left to right on the car)

other than that - raise your car or deal with it :)
goodluck

[DLO01]

Here you go. Buddyclub front camber arms $300 a set for the front:
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79103

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[dsp26]

really?

i know this is extreme but when i changed my sussy i for some reason had ~13mm toe out at the fronts which is huge....

my car lost 50% of its tread in about 10mins of driving, tyres were burning and smoking, and car was 'drifting' while driving straight... the wear was even.

twas only about -1 camber front/rear too... got the printout....

i could imagine bad toe out combined with neg camber would demolish the insides.. the same way doing a lot of cornering with neg camber would as weight transfer and cornering resistance goes to that area... didn't think toe in/outr alone would kill a tyre... it's really when the area becomes the main contact patch with resistive traction

[we tec]

im pretty sure its the camber, had it checked by two different wheel places the toe was fine, it only wears the inside of the tyre..... il probly grab the camber correction kit thanks dean for looking that up!!
thanks for the input guys.

[preludacris]

did the shop tell u it was fine? or did you actually see the toe reading was around 0.

[dsp26]

^^^ditto... but some cars don't come toe 0 from factory.. some are around 1mm in/out can't remember which....

[bennjamin]

yup toe eats tyres more than any camber ever will. Get new tyres , align them properly and rotate every 8-10k or so to maintain their life

[FAT VTI]

Any one know if this guy could do the washer trick to the rear?
Only seen it done on accords.

[vinnY]

you can fix the camber at the rear with the washer trick but thats not this guys problem
he needs a wheel alignment to stop the excessive wear

[DLO01]

Yep, you can do that on DC2's. And yeh, as above.