06 civic lx tire?
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06 civic lx tire?
i have a 06 civic lx sedan, 5speed, 98k miles.
last week i took of my oem 07 si wheels. to swap over my snow. when i took them off i noticed the in side edge off all 4 tires was bald. almost to belts. now there tires where all new in the summer when i put them on. also had a 4 wheel aliment at the same time i put the rims on my car. my car is the stock hight i never lowered the car so my ? would be what would make them do that over 6 months? thanks
last week i took of my oem 07 si wheels. to swap over my snow. when i took them off i noticed the in side edge off all 4 tires was bald. almost to belts. now there tires where all new in the summer when i put them on. also had a 4 wheel aliment at the same time i put the rims on my car. my car is the stock hight i never lowered the car so my ? would be what would make them do that over 6 months? thanks
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Re: 06 civic lx tire?
The rear is known for that. The car comes with a fair amount of camber in the back standard and gains alot of camber with extra weight in back. So, Honda has lots of complaints about it and even came out with a technical service bulletin about it and a new upper control arm to help the wear complaints. There are many thousands of complaints about this before yours; so ask the dealer or find out yourself if you have the "C" stamped upper control arms that should give you more like .8 negative camber in back rather than 1.5 or so like the early cars had.
And on the front, it's very unusual for the inside edge to wear like that. I would bet that your toe is off. Also, it would be interesting to find out what your front camber is. Stock is only .3-0 camber in front which is almost too little to cause your issue, but it's still enough I think. But if you have .7 degrees camber, then you have at least the factory "crash" bolts on the front. If you have more camber, then you have aftermarket "camber" bolts on the front.
Bottom line is you really need to check to see if you have the "C" stamped arms in back. And then you need to get the car realigned and demand the printout so you know it's been done correctly. Don't rely on the guy saying it was good... demand the printout. Lots of weird stuff at alignment garages can happen if you don't demand the printout from them and also make sure you are having a problem and act like you know what you are talking about enough so that they actually do it... you don't want a spray alignment... which is where they spray the nuts that need to be loosened but don't actually do anything.... seen that before too.
Hope that helps.
Good luck!
Chris
And on the front, it's very unusual for the inside edge to wear like that. I would bet that your toe is off. Also, it would be interesting to find out what your front camber is. Stock is only .3-0 camber in front which is almost too little to cause your issue, but it's still enough I think. But if you have .7 degrees camber, then you have at least the factory "crash" bolts on the front. If you have more camber, then you have aftermarket "camber" bolts on the front.
Bottom line is you really need to check to see if you have the "C" stamped arms in back. And then you need to get the car realigned and demand the printout so you know it's been done correctly. Don't rely on the guy saying it was good... demand the printout. Lots of weird stuff at alignment garages can happen if you don't demand the printout from them and also make sure you are having a problem and act like you know what you are talking about enough so that they actually do it... you don't want a spray alignment... which is where they spray the nuts that need to be loosened but don't actually do anything.... seen that before too.
Hope that helps.
Good luck!Chris
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