Serious Alignment Problem
10-21-2010, 11:28 PM
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I believe front (only front) Caster is also adjustable stock.
Edit: OP, I don't see that your front tire wear is realted to your alignment, assuming the sheet you posted is good (i.e. the machine was porperly set up/calibrated).
I did not see in the thread (scanned it, so I might've missed it), but have you had your tires rotated? Is it possible you feathered them on the rear and then moved them to the front?
Edit: OP, I don't see that your front tire wear is realted to your alignment, assuming the sheet you posted is good (i.e. the machine was porperly set up/calibrated).
I did not see in the thread (scanned it, so I might've missed it), but have you had your tires rotated? Is it possible you feathered them on the rear and then moved them to the front?
Thats what I really dont get is how fast this happened I mean i probably drive 300 a week but thats not that much and not enough to wear them down that bad, im not sure maybe i got faulty tires but i'll never know. I really just want to get this corrected so I can stop worrying about it
10-21-2010, 11:32 PM
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IF your front alignment was out of whack, you can ruin a set of tires really fast.
Doesn't make sense to me, but I hope you get it figured out.
Doesn't make sense to me, but I hope you get it figured out.
10-21-2010, 11:34 PM
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Yeah Im very confused as well. When you look at the read outs, (i have three from three different shops), they all say that my rear is totally out of whack and my front is fine, yet my front tires are toast. So hopefully acura can tell me what the problem is and i can get it fixed
Thanks
10-21-2010, 11:59 PM
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I believe front (only front) Caster is also adjustable stock.
Edit: OP, I don't see that your front tire wear is realted to your alignment, assuming the sheet you posted is good (i.e. the machine was porperly set up/calibrated).
I did not see in the thread (scanned it, so I might've missed it), but have you had your tires rotated? Is it possible you feathered them on the rear and then moved them to the front?
Edit: OP, I don't see that your front tire wear is realted to your alignment, assuming the sheet you posted is good (i.e. the machine was porperly set up/calibrated).
I did not see in the thread (scanned it, so I might've missed it), but have you had your tires rotated? Is it possible you feathered them on the rear and then moved them to the front?
10-22-2010, 12:00 AM
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yes the shop did look at the entire suspension, said i had normal wear and tear. and i have 75 thousand in the car, so that being said im not positive what that means. I'm taking the car to a dealer tomorrow to see what they say, im not going to tell them anything so i see what they say, i just dont want them to BS me
10-22-2010, 02:27 PM
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I actually got good news from the dealer!!
Well took my car into John Eagle Acura today and they fixed everything for 120 bucks! I couldnt believe it. No camber arms necessary, the suspension was at its limit camber-wise but nothing was bent/broken so they put it all back to spec.
i'm just happy they saved me 350 bucks
thanks y'all for helping me out so much this probably would have been a way more time consuming and expensive ordeal, but now my car is how it should be and i'm happy
I couldnt believe it. No camber arms necessary, the suspension was at its limit camber-wise but nothing was bent/broken so they put it all back to spec. i'm just happy they saved me 350 bucks
thanks y'all for helping me out so much this probably would have been a way more time consuming and expensive ordeal, but now my car is how it should be and i'm happy
10-22-2010, 08:11 PM
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Well took my car into John Eagle Acura today and they fixed everything for 120 bucks! I couldnt believe it. No camber arms necessary, the suspension was at its limit camber-wise but nothing was bent/broken so they put it all back to spec.
i'm just happy they saved me 350 bucks
thanks y'all for helping me out so much this probably would have been a way more time consuming and expensive ordeal, but now my car is how it should be and i'm happy
I couldnt believe it. No camber arms necessary, the suspension was at its limit camber-wise but nothing was bent/broken so they put it all back to spec. i'm just happy they saved me 350 bucks
thanks y'all for helping me out so much this probably would have been a way more time consuming and expensive ordeal, but now my car is how it should be and i'm happy
10-22-2010, 10:30 PM
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Most likely, but not by much, it was a very slight difference, but in the end thats what mattered
im just happy my suspension is fine and i dont need a camber kit i can't afford at the moment really tho thank you for your help friesm you gave me an extra dimension to think with
10-22-2010, 10:37 PM
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Most likely, but not by much, it was a very slight difference, but in the end thats what mattered im just happy my suspension is fine and i dont need a camber kit i can't afford at the moment
really tho thank you for your help friesm you gave me an extra dimension to think with
im just happy my suspension is fine and i dont need a camber kit i can't afford at the moment really tho thank you for your help friesm you gave me an extra dimension to think with
] and it also jammed the threads up on the toe adjustment, so you just use the other side and set the toe at zero both sides, for minimal tread wear)btw how does the steering feel now, nice and consistent, and stable
and NP
10-22-2010, 10:42 PM
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thats all it takes to wear tires out prematurely (especially toe)(btw the best is when you tell someone that there steering wheel is going to be off, cause a accident bent the knuckle [no money to repair it either ] and it also jammed the threads up on the toe adjustment, so you just use the other side and set the toe at zero both sides, for minimal tread wear)
btw how does the steering feel now, nice and consistent, and stable
and NP
] and it also jammed the threads up on the toe adjustment, so you just use the other side and set the toe at zero both sides, for minimal tread wear)btw how does the steering feel now, nice and consistent, and stable
and NP
steering feels awesome, got some new dunlops 245 width and the car handles awesome, its like a whole new car.
10-22-2010, 11:08 PM
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10-22-2010, 11:23 PM
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don't get me wrong with buying tires constantly, but your life, and everybody's life around you depends on those 4 little patches of rubber on the road, so tires are not the best places to go cheap on...
but i would generally consider about a 40K mile warranty tire to be a pretty good compromise as far as tread life and grip goes, and you can get some nice tires for a resonable price too at that mileage warrenty
and you say your cowboy-driving, sorry to say but you gotta pay to play, if you want to drive like that (shit i get like 15-16 mpg, and i am happy when i get 17, cause of how i drive)
but i would generally consider about a 40K mile warranty tire to be a pretty good compromise as far as tread life and grip goes, and you can get some nice tires for a resonable price too at that mileage warrenty
and you say your cowboy-driving, sorry to say but you gotta pay to play, if you want to drive like that (shit i get like 15-16 mpg, and i am happy when i get 17, cause of how i drive
)
10-22-2010, 11:32 PM
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don't get me wrong with buying tires constantly, but your life, and everybody's life around you depends on those 4 little patches of rubber on the road, so tires are not the best places to go cheap on...
but i would generally consider about a 40K mile warranty tire to be a pretty good compromise as far as tread life and grip goes, and you can get some nice tires for a resonable price too at that mileage warrenty
and you say your cowboy-driving, sorry to say but you gotta pay to play, if you want to drive like that (shit i get like 15-16 mpg, and i am happy when i get 17, cause of how i drive)
but i would generally consider about a 40K mile warranty tire to be a pretty good compromise as far as tread life and grip goes, and you can get some nice tires for a resonable price too at that mileage warrenty
and you say your cowboy-driving, sorry to say but you gotta pay to play, if you want to drive like that (shit i get like 15-16 mpg, and i am happy when i get 17, cause of how i drive
)
hopefully i'll save more than a dollar
, between my tools and the car
i hope we're talkin STI 
, but then again at least it is turbo with AWD
, or even an accord (since they share the same chassis as the 4th gen TL) and the fact that they are lighter too
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