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Old 05-10-2008 | 06:52 PM
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Outside Tire Wear

I have just noticed some tire wear on both front and back tires of my car, their new tires about 4 months old I guess. The tires on back are 255/35/19 fronts are 225/45/19 . Its mostly on the rear, was wondering if it could be camber . I would post a pic but Im at work. Just looking for some clues what it could be...all the posts Ive found have been inside wear..
Old 05-10-2008 | 10:27 PM
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Outside wear is usually excessive toe-in or (to a lesser degree) positive camber. Or you've been driving it hard without enough pressure and the tires have been rolling onto the shoulders.
Old 05-10-2008 | 11:55 PM
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tire pressure is fine i believe, looking at my tires from behind they kinda slant like
\ / inward/outward w/e way u look at it lol . btw I live around nothing but curvy backroads, driving hard is not an option
Old 05-11-2008 | 12:17 AM
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Old 05-11-2008 | 12:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Gauge
tire pressure is fine i believe, looking at my tires from behind they kinda slant like
\ / inward/outward w/e way u look at it lol . btw I live around nothing but curvy backroads, driving hard is not an option
If you look at it from the back and the tops of the tires extend outward more than the bottoms it is a sign of too much positive camber. They should slant in so when you look at your car from the rear it should look like this, /\. Of course it isn't that excessive but you get the idea.

My advice is to get it checked out at a local alignment shop. It should cost about 80-100 dollars to get a full 4 wheel alignment and get it back to stock specs.
Old 05-11-2008 | 02:17 AM
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Thanks...except for the money part lol
Old 05-11-2008 | 02:24 AM
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You really should get an alignment when you get new tires......You can wreck a new set of rubber really fast with an unaligned car
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