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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 01:26 PM
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Default Prelude chewing up tires. How does this alignment looks?

My brother has a 97 prelude sh which is lowered, have been eating off my tires for the pass couple of months, i have taken it to multiple alignment at firestone and they keep giving me back and telling me that it should not have any problem. THe only thing they say which is out of the normal is the caster.

How does this alignment looks?

He posted about it in the suspension forum. Here is the link to read more about the issue.
https://honda-tech.com/forums/suspension-brakes-54/suspension-problem-tires-being-eaten-up-2743088/

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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 09:48 PM
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Default Re: Prelude chewing up tires. How does this alignment looks?

Camber is fine, caster looks a little funny (big difference between left and right side), and they actually made the toe worse (on the rear).

You might have a bent suspension piece or bad bushing.
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 06:02 PM
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Default Re: Prelude chewing up tires. How does this alignment looks?

Wait a minute. You said he has a 97 SH. The specs they used were for a 4TH GEN. 5th gen Base and SH have different specs. Take it back and have them redo it with the correct specs (97-01 SH). FireStone's alignment warranty is 6months/6,000mi.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 12:10 AM
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Default Re: Prelude chewing up tires. How does this alignment looks?

Originally Posted by TheJGB3
Wait a minute. You said he has a 97 SH. The specs they used were for a 4TH GEN. 5th gen Base and SH have different specs. Take it back and have them redo it with the correct specs (97-01 SH). FireStone's alignment warranty is 6months/6,000mi.
Nice catch!
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 09:37 AM
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Default Re: Prelude chewing up tires. How does this alignment looks?

He has the lifetime alignment plan at Firestone. Maybe that is why they do such a crappy job everytime.
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 03:55 AM
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Default Re: Prelude chewing up tires. How does this alignment looks?

I have LT Alignment at Tires Plus (same company Bridgestone/Firestone). The last three alignments all that has been out was the RR toe.
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