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Old Jan 16, 2003 | 09:14 AM
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Default Tires are wearing from the inside

My front tires are almost bald just on the inner part of the tire. should I switch them around so the bald side is on the outside, or just replace both tires?
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Old Jan 16, 2003 | 09:19 AM
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I suppose you could. Just remember to put the left tire on the right side and right on left because the tires are directional. Oh yeah, and don't forget to rebalance them. However, I'm no expert here.
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Old Jan 16, 2003 | 09:31 AM
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I am ashamed of you. You are not driving your car through enough turns, or not hard enough through turns.
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Old Jan 16, 2003 | 10:39 AM
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Our cars run quite a bit of negative camber which causes the insides of the front tires to wear a a faster rate than the outsides (Unless, of course, you take corners fairly agressively all the time )
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Old Jan 16, 2003 | 12:08 PM
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you could switch them over but if they are directional you would have to take the tires off the rims and switch them.
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Old Jan 16, 2003 | 12:47 PM
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Originally posted by txst
Our cars run quite a bit of negative camber which causes the insides of the front tires to wear a a faster rate than the outsides (Unless, of course, you take corners fairly agressively all the time )
I agree. I am not overly agressive and I have the same wear patterns on my front tires. The rears also showed inside wear patterns when I replaced them at 11K. Maybe I need to start driving harder

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Old Jan 16, 2003 | 01:26 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by gabedude
[B]I am ashamed of you.
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Old Jan 17, 2003 | 02:56 AM
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Originally posted by txst
Our cars run quite a bit of negative camber which causes the insides of the front tires to wear a a faster rate than the outsides (Unless, of course, you take corners fairly agressively all the time )
I havent heard that before.
So when my dealer advised me to get a wheel alignment at 10000 km (elsewhere, they dont do it themselves) because my inside edges were wearing he was giving bad advice and it was just normal.
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Old Jan 17, 2003 | 03:26 AM
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Originally posted by txst
Our cars run quite a bit of negative camber which causes the insides of the front tires to wear a a faster rate than the outsides (Unless, of course, you take corners fairly agressively all the time )
I believe that's true of the REAR tires but not the FRONT.
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Old Jan 17, 2003 | 04:08 AM
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Totally normal for fronts - not for backs though, DLQ.
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