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Old 01-04-11, 05:21 AM
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I have to find my alignment print out. It's in my car and I haven't driven it in awhile. Thanks for the quick responses and I'll post it
Old 01-04-11, 05:46 AM
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How about cheap tires, bad shocks, over/under inflation.
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Even wear doesn't sound like toe wear, but that's the only thing I can think of that'd really eat up tires is the toe.. Like they all said, take a picture of your alignment sheet and upload it so we can help you out more, because just from going with this info we can't really tell you what to do.

EDIT: Sorry was replying when you said you'd upload the sheet.

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Old 01-04-11, 06:34 AM
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Falcon fk52 275/30/20 new stock struts and inflated at recommended psi
Old 01-04-11, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by RMMGS4

Nothing chews up tires faster than excessive toe out.
or toe in haha... or To much camber (pos or Neg).. under or over inflaction... Caster being off causing drag...
Old 01-04-11, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by RMMGS4
Nothing chews up tires faster than excessive toe out.
or doing burn outs
Old 01-04-11, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by sakataj
or doing burn outs

True. He said he didn't drive hard so I didn't factor it in .



Originally Posted by vwynn
or toe in haha... or To much camber (pos or Neg).. under or over inflaction... Caster being off causing drag...
Yes all alignments "contribute", but toe out is waaay more than toe in whenever you have the extra negative camber as is on most dropped cars.

If Camber were in spec and caster were in spec, then excessive toe in would wear out the outside of the tire first. If toe out were the only alignment out of spec then toe out would wear out the inner part of the tire. Some people "think" zero toe is ideal, but a bit of toe in is favorable when the camber is negative beyond spec.

As for the even tire wear posted by the OP, you will not neccessarily see excessive inner wear with toe out until the threads start to show through, so I would not rule out toe as the issue. The OP has not yet provided info on the ACTUAL alignment specs. toe, camber & castor, so I'm done "guessing" until we have some REAL data to work with.
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I'm working like crazy!! I'll get that print out asap...thanks for the help
Old 01-04-11, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by sakataj
or doing burn outs
Damnit Brian I wanted to say that!
















Old 01-04-11, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Arcangel22
I'm working like crazy!! I'll get that print out asap...thanks for the help
Sorry didn't mean to stress you out. Get us the specs when you can and we'll go from there.
Old 01-11-11, 02:53 PM
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cid:58BBEF96-4CB5-49FE-BF14-278236917D2E/alignment.jpg
No stress lol
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Rear left. Rear right
.2 Camber. -.5
1.44 Toe. .12
Old 01-11-11, 03:00 PM
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Total toe 1.55
Thrust angle .66
Old 01-11-11, 09:21 PM
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DAMN. Your left toe is REALLLY off. Also your thrust angle should be no more than .10! Definitely need an alignment.
Old 01-11-11, 10:47 PM
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try checking your tire pressure too, my bros was doing the same thing and i had it aligned, but it was still wearing really fast...checked his tire pressure and adjusted to 40psi and its good now....


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