So I recently put some new shoes on the S, and noticed I had fairly significant camber wear, but oddly enough ONLY on the drivers side (front and rear). On the front, the outside of the tire still has 1/4" of tread left, but the inside has maybe 1/16th. The rear driver side outside had ~ 1/8" left but the inside was showing belt. Both passenger side tires (front and rear) are wearing perfectly even.

I figured my alignment was out of whack, so I got it aligned yesterday. It should be noted that my car is lowered ~1", so I was limited in my adjustments.

Old Setup:
Front toe - 0.25 deg in
Front camber - -0.6 deg
Front caster - 6.2 deg
Rear toe - 0.50 deg in
Rear Camber - -2.1 deg

New Setup
Front toe - 0.0 deg
Front camber - -0.5 deg
Front caster - 6.4 deg
Rear toe - 0.25 deg in
Rear camber - -2.0deg (couldn't get it any further, wanted -1.5 deg)

The new setup is with me sitting in the car.

I'm completely stumped as to why there was such a significant camber wear effect on the driver side. Nothing in my before or after alignment clearly supports this kind of tire wear. I'm hoping the toe adjustments even it out a bit (especially in the rear).

Has anyone every heard of anything like this? Any suggestions?

 

so your total toe in is .25?

Usually when you get camber wear is mostly a toe problem. I ran -3.2 in the rear and dont have a problem. Do a search on my screen name and you will find somewhere my alignment settings, I just cant remember what toe I am running but I want to say 1/4 total in ..

Joaquin

 

Yes, 0.25 deg total of toe in. It was 0.50 deg before the alignment.

I'm stumped... I wouldn't think 0.50 deg would have such a dramatic effect, especially on only one side of the car... I guess unless anyone else has any other suggestions I'll just have to see how this next set of tires wear.

 

Try posting in the racing forum. You might get more responses there.

Joaquin