Tonywp75

Anyone with DSW have a lot of inner tire wear and feathering issues? This is my 2nd set of DSW and it seem to have the same issue as my first set and my Goodyear GT before that. The only tire that wore evenly was the stock. My Acura dealer recommended a rear camber kit during my first set of DWS to solve the problem and now it seem that was a waste of money.

This 2nd set have about 28k miles on them and it seem the front tires are having inner tires wear and feathering. I got my tires rotated a few weeks ago so they are in the back now and making mile howling noise due to the outter feathering. I have rotated them 3 times since I had them with my oil change.

My normal auto place said I need to rotate them more or I have a shock issue. This 2nd place I took to today said they can't find a reason, shocks look and ride good, also said maybe I need to rotate them more. The alignment was a tad off but nothing that would cause it.

Any ideas?

justnspace

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100% your alignment is off.


thats super funny that an ACURA dealer would recommend a camber kit and NOT fix the underlying problem.
as you know, camber from the factory is non-adjustable.
this means it has a fixed spec. and it wont change.

adding a camber kit is a bandaid solution at best for a non-lowered car.
if alignment shows toe is at 0 then you have some other type of problem

justnspace

iTrader: (1)

TOE is not set to 0.

Tonywp75

Man..i'll guess I get an alignment and make sure they zero our the toe. Probably gonna need a pair of tires again, the guy that inspected my tires said one of the tires you can slightly see the inner material, so might be a good chance of tire tread separation

Does my link work? somehow I can see my own pics..lol

justnspace

iTrader: (1)

your links work, but I had to play around with the URL's a bit.
you uploaded them to google docs, while a great sharing tool for the present and future, a not so great site to share them for ancient forums.

since you are familiar with google docs, i must assume you can upload the photos to google plus.
that's what I do. and just copied the image URL and pasted it here.


as you can see in the sheet, they zero'd in toe on the right side of the car.
the left side is all sorts of FUXXXXED up.

and yes, you should buy new tires after you have done an alignment.
or your car will eat the new tires.


and COOOL! ive never seen an alignment sheet that says it in big bold letters "EXCESSIVE TOE WILL CAUSE FUNNY WEAR!"

not sure why the tech's couldnt get toe to be zero on the left side....

justnspace

iTrader: (1)

the car is made to "toe-in" or squat when accelerating or in a corner.
if toe isnt set to 0, the suspension geometry will squat and place load on the outside of the tire.