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[SixBanger]

I've been told my front two tires are wearing unevenly up front. My last alignment was 11 months ago. Car has 60,800 miles on it.
Here's the front left tire:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...psa42322bc.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...psdeb7addc.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...ps79f95750.jpg

My rear tires are going and I ordered 2 Michelin Pilot Super Sports last friday. Please have a look to make sure my rear alignment is ok:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...psb8dd6af1.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...psb8dd6af1.jpg

[A_Squared]

What suspension are you running? Are you stock or lowered? If I'm seeing correctly, it seems like you might be running a little bit of negative camber in the front visible by the outer edge of the tire appearing less worn. I'm sure others will chime in too.

[SixBanger]

I'm running stock suspension with m3 sway bars up front if that matters at all. Not the sport package btw.

[SixBanger]

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[MightyMouseTech]

Unfortunately, those pics don't really show much.

[GMP Performance]

I would recommend just having another alignment done when you install your new tires. 11 months is more than enough time for the alignment to move.

[cheshirecat79]

the rear looks like normal camber wear to me, as the wear sort of runs evenly from the inside to the middle of the tire. the fronts look like tire "scrubbing" wear due to too much toe.

get the vehicle aligned. get before/after measurements.

[uberschnell]

Originally Posted by cheshirecat79

the rear looks like normal camber wear to me, as the wear sort of runs evenly from the inside to the middle of the tire. the fronts look like tire "scrubbing" wear due to too much toe.

get the vehicle aligned. get before/after measurements.

Same issue I had, too much toe and exactly the same wear. Get your alignment done at a reputable shop.

[BuddhaPilot]

I had an incident where I ran over a semi's intact recap and it bent my front right wheel. The repair shop put the car on a frame jig to ensure everything was still in line after their alignment shop couldn't get the front end back to factory camber specs. Everything checked out and there is nothing in the suspension that is tweaked either. They said it looked like the tires, especially the front left had been been wearing the inner tread like that for awhile. The alignment shop first knocked out the pins in the shock towers and was able to get the right side back in spec but the left is still about a degree out. He suggested that I put in aftermarket camber plates and my insurance was going to pay for it. Chose not to since it's a leased car and didn't want to answer the questions about why it was being turned in with them.

I'm starting to see more people who have 135's that have one or the other front wheel that seemed to have never been in spec or will not go back in during an alignment check. I've owned my 2012 since new and it's never had a damaged tire from impact with a pothole or other object before the encounter in August with the recap. I have a friend who bought a 2012 vert and has discovered the same problem when he bought his first set of front tires.

[SixBanger]

Originally Posted by uberschnell

Same issue I had, too much toe and exactly the same wear. Get your alignment done at a reputable shop.

Anyone know of a good reputable alignment shop in the Broward/West Palm Beach Florida area?

[John_01]

Your tire wear looks normal to me. You are wearing the outside of the fronts, which isn't unusual. It could be due to the toe-in, or otherwise just happen because of the way you take corners. The same thing is normal for my cars when using stock alignment checked regularly.

[VMRWheels]

Originally Posted by GMP Performance

I would recommend just having another alignment done when you install your new tires. 11 months is more than enough time for the alignment to move.

Agreed. A lot of can happen in 11 months.

[SixBanger]

As soon as I get my rear Pilot SUper Sports I'll tell you how everything goes.