The insides of my front tires are shot. My car is lowered on tein s tech with skunk 2 camber kit up front. I got an allingment on it right after i lowered it. The thing is I drove the car about 40 miles from the shop who put in the springs to the allignment shop. Could my tires have been messed up cause i drove that much on bad toe and camber or did they f up my allignment?

 

How long did it take to wear them, and how bad are they wore

 

Pretty much almost bald on inside, more then enough outside. I lowered my car 2 months ago. Im just askin if driving 40 miles on bad toe and camber will mess up my tires that much? My front wheels dont really look slanted

 

It could, all depends on the compound of the tire and how bad the toe was off

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turnsignalandy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Pretty much almost bald on inside, more then enough outside. I lowered my car 2 months ago. Im just askin if driving 40 miles on bad toe and camber will mess up my tires that much? My front wheels dont really look slanted</TD></TR></TABLE>

40 miles is not enough to produce any visible wear on a street tire, regardless of the camber or alignment.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BauleyCivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">40 miles is not enough to produce any visible wear on a street tire, regardless of the camber or alignment.</TD></TR></TABLE>

if it were bad enough to cause noticeable wear in 40 miles, it would be really hard/strange to drive.

Imagine driving a car with an inch of toe out haha

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sketch_hs &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

if it were bad enough to cause noticeable wear in 40 miles, it would be really hard/strange to drive.

Imagine driving a car with an inch of toe out haha </TD></TR></TABLE>
My buddys was like that, the tires sqweeled when he was driving in a straight line, luckly, he only had to go 2 miles to get it aligned.

 

It was fine to drive. So most lickely midas f -ed up my allignment. But also my front wheels dont look slanted inwards, and im guesiing they would if my tires would get messed up in 2 months. Would peelin out exagerate uneben wear

 

Did they give you the results of your alignment? If it's not wearin out too bad it could just be the camber, but if it's the toe that's off, it could eat the tires like crazy. I remember when I put in camber kits on the front and drove it to go get an alignment. The tires were squeelin like crazy cuz the toe was off, but got that fixed once I reached the alignment shop. You should find out what's wrong wif your alignment.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turnsignalandy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It was fine to drive. So most lickely midas f -ed up my allignment. But also my front wheels dont look slanted inwards, and im guesiing they would if my tires would get messed up in 2 months. Would peelin out exagerate uneben wear</TD></TR></TABLE>

DO NOT "trust the midas touch"

 

Midas tried to touch you too? JK. Anyway went with midas cause im on a budget and they were cheapest. I get wat i pay

 

I had my 97 civic aligned at Sears. They gave me a before and after alignment spec as well.

 

my insides are bald too. i need an alignment bad, my camber is good but the toe must be fucked up. but for now i need like cheap cheap tires. hows walmart? what brand do they carry? i'm looking for the best bang for the buck...like $50-60 a tire.

 

Camber/to-*/ problems literally eat your tires. take my ek civic for example, spent 500 bones on tires, 1 month later another 500 bones, before i realized i needed to work on my suspension!!! if yer having that hard of a time, convet back to stock.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BauleyCivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

40 miles is not enough to produce any visible wear on a street tire, regardless of the camber or alignment.</TD></TR></TABLE>I will have to disagree with you on this one. I drove 50 miles with a BAD toe-in alignment and two front tires became BALD..just like that. Good thing I wasn't going that fast either.

 

hey 40mile on bad camber will wear thats if u take turns hard or if u turn more than suppose to i know cause i went through 3 set in a month cause i didnt get a aligment

 

first off all you shouldnt have put the camber kit on waste of money and maybe it fucked up your camber. secondly more likely that your toe is fucked up. camber wear is bad but not like how you described. i use to have a loose tie rod and my tires literrally wore out in 2 weeks of easy driving

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by k20eg66 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">first off all you shouldnt have put the camber kit on waste of money and maybe it fucked up your camber. secondly more likely that your toe is fucked up. camber wear is bad but not like how you described. i use to have a loose tie rod and my tires literrally wore out in 2 weeks of easy driving</TD></TR></TABLE> You have no clue what your talking about. How would you know if he needed a camber kit or not? You werent there, and a camber kit cant be a bad thing unless the camber is set wrong.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 97civicdx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I had my 97 civic aligned at Sears. They gave me a before and after alignment spec as well.
</TD></TR></TABLE> Yes we do, most places should unless their crooks.

To the OP, go to Sears get an alignment, you can watch when they do it. They have some cheapo tires there that will do the trick.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by k20eg66 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">first off all you shouldnt have put the camber kit on waste of money and maybe it fucked up your camber. secondly more likely that your toe is fucked up. camber wear is bad but not like how you described. i use to have a loose tie rod and my tires literrally wore out in 2 weeks of easy driving</TD></TR></TABLE>I guess you like buying new tires in the front every 3 months. Your money, not mine!!!

YEARLY EXPENSE:
new tires every 3mos -- $600-850 (doesn't include towing/repair in case of a blow-out)

CAMBER KIT & ALIGNMENT -- $275.........which is more LOGICAL?

 

damn yesterday i had planned to put on some kuhmo ecsta 711 but when i got there the stupid *** dude who said they'll be there yesterday suddenly said they wont be there till next week. i was like you fucken dumbass.

if i wasnt in such a hurry to get tires i would of waited but i just opted for some BF goodrich widetrack tires. i cant find anything about these shitty tires. anyone know how fast these wear? as long as they last me until my es100s come in i'm ok with it.

 

I had Kumho 711's once and I hated them. For some reason they don't grip worth crap and was noisy as can be on the road, but that's just me. I went with BFG Sports and I like these tires, so far 2000 miles and still looking new inside and outside.

 

I put on BFG Traction T/A 14" tires and LOVE them. Put them on about 4k miles on them so far an love them.

However, my car is lowered about 2-2.5 inches and my camber was within spec but my toe was WAY off. drove it about 20 miles to the shop to get it aligned. everything has been fine since. The toe was off when i bought the car and it chewed through a set of front tires in about 15k !!

Bottom line: camber will affect what area the tire wears in(along with some other factors). Toe will affect how quickly it wears out!!

 

Kuhmo 711's suck in the rain and in snow. You would be better off with some generic brands.