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Old 11-16-2016, 07:29 PM
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Need help with suspension setup And toe/camber

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this summer i have installed Koni Yellow And h&r sport spring. Everything was fine until Time have come to change my tires for winter. My tires have uneaven wear in the inside. My Shocks are at the highest clip. Do i need a camber kit?

My summer tires was brand new and now They are dead


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Whats your alignment specs look like?
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It is all in the spec for front and rear.
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It was a leading question.. Is your toe zeroed out? Thats going to cause tire wear .
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Originally Posted by Glepage22
It is all in the spec for front and rear.
cant be in spec...your tires say otherwise...
not being rude, just upfront.

please show us your alignment specs.
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I dont have ans shetland to show you. The last dealer to have done my alignement didnt gave me nothing And he just told me i was in Acura spec recommand.

Do anybody have the same setup as mine without camber kit And have the same problem?

thank you for the help. It is appreciate cause it i Cant solve this problem i Will put my stock suspension back
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Go to an independent alignment shop and get a real one with a sheet.
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Just found my problem rear koni is blow damn it!!!
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Yeah. That would do it
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Good thing they have lifetime warranties?
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Originally Posted by Glepage22
Just found my problem rear koni is blow damn it!!!
NIce!! that you found it without going back to recheck the alignment!
the alignment specs would have indicated something was wrong on that corner, thus why we were adamant in getting one done.
but since you found it, good job!!

now you can take the appropriate steps and actions to remedy it
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Koni yellows aren't monotube. A blown shock won't result in any difference in alignment.

OP: how did you determine it was blown? Blown shocks cause tyre cupping...but not edge wear. You installed them a few months ago and one is blown?? Konis are almost indestructible. How did this happen?

I don't think a blown shock is your issue...and I doubt you blew a shock.

You cannot be in "Acura spec" without a camber kit after lowering the car.
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Ok, I will explain my self better since I am not on phone writing you and the damn autocorrector is on.

March 2016 - I installed a brand new set of Koni Yellow and brand new H&R Sport spring.
April 2016 - Have made align my car at an Acura dealer and at the same time, I installed a brand new set of TL-S wheel with brand new Potenza RE-760 on my cars.

Everthing was going well, didn't even think about checking if my tires were used in the correct way because it never happen to me before.

During summer 2016, between the end of June and July, I felt asleep at the during driving in the night and I was lonely in my car AND on the road I was going on. I am pretty sur i have jumped on a ditch on something like that. Theres was no visual damaged nor I was having mechanical damaged to my suspension components. The next day , I immediatly have redone my alignement by the same Acura dealer. Lets say that I cant say that my car is riding differently as normal. The ride is stiff and no clunk or bad noise appear. When I push on the back or the front the car, the suspension rebound the same way as before. Theres no sign of leaking of anything else that could tell me that I have blow a shock.

November 2016 - Last week, I have uninstall my summer tire to put on my winter tire. When I have made an inspection of my tires, 1 on 4 tires wasnt used properly. On the inside of the rear right tire, its used unaven, The tires is used like that : *image for reference*


All of the 3 others tires are all used normally.

And lets be clear, camber dosent do a shit about bad used tires, TOE does everything. My toe was in the acura spec.

Thank you for your help guys




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