I was driving, then I heard a tapping noise. I pulled over and saw a thin strip of my tire hanging off my front passenger tire. I also saw how worn down it was, kinda freaked me out, its almost to the wire.

This is the Front driver, Normal wear.



This is the Front passenger side. Doesnt look to be camber like camber wear, its very thin and exact. I also dont think its rubbing on any suspension parts.






My last aligment was like a couple of months ago at NTB. If this is alignment related, can I get them to replace my tires?

 

Most likely it is due to the toe being off in your alignment. Bad toe settings will wear out your tires 10x faster than negative camber.

 

You need a front end alignment and you should rotate your tires for eben wear. Get the alighnment done ASAP.

 

So if this was caused by my toe being off, and I fairly recently got it aligned, is the place where I got the alignment to blame?

I did make an appointment for tomorrow though.

Edit: I just checked it was 3 months ago. The tires were wearing fine before that alignment.

 

Alot can happen in 3 months. A few bumps here and there and your alignment will be out of spec in a second. If that wear happened in 3 months, it's mostly likely a toe issue.

 

There is no warranty on alignments. You can hit a pothole 1 hour after an alignment and it'll be out of whack.

 

^^What they said.

 

Yup, I work for dealer. We give you 1 week if any for alignment / recheck (no charge). So you wont be able to claim anything after 3 months. But you need new tire and take it else where to align.

 

Oh that makes sense about the alignment warranty.

Its just that I got the 3 year plan at NTB, and i've had so many issues with them. They give me alot of BS because im younger with a non-stock suspension car. I think i'll go to a different location.

 

That's why I always have them print the before alignment specs and after alignment specs. I even make them keep it on the rack while I watch them print the specs. I've seen techs hold a wrench while another one printed so that the car would look in spec.

 

Im going to ask them to do that^. No more excuses!

Alright, I gotta get some tires ASAP. Im most likely going to pick up two 235/45/17 for the front. I have 215/45/17 in the rear. Is this a bad idea? I want to get the other two 235/45/17 but I cant find anything at the moment, when I do ill get them on, but for now am I okay?

 

better tires go in the rear. get the fattys put on back.

 

Your problem was you went to NTB, stay away from them, I had issues with them and would never go to them again, find you an older firestone station they might have one of the "old guys" still working there, they tend to help people more.

 

Cant blame NTB as much as you can the tech that did the work. I trust the 2 guys at our sears more than the schmucks at our firestone dealer Techs make the alignment, not the type of store.

 

They told me its not alignment related, that its a manufacturers defect. Is this right? Idk even, I really don't. I even asked to speak to the manager, he told me the same thing.

 

Tell them you want to see it on the alignment machine with a print out, if they do not give you a print out you need to go somewhere else.

The tech that does my alignment sometimes asks me if I want a sporty alignment I just tell him keep it normal im not racing anymore.

Find you a place that doesn't shift blame all over the place, and start looking now.

 

I didn't put firestone as the king of alignments, I put "old guys" there for a reason because generally there are 2 kinds, the ones that flat out rip you off but fix your car, or the ones that really want to to spread their name around and fix your car for a decent price.

And yes I know and "old guy" at the sears that I used to go but I hate paying 100 buck for an alignment, I have free alignments at Firestone and took advantage of that.

 

I will never go to NTB again with the way I have been treated at the one in York and there inability to do a proper alignment on my car.

Trust me go somewhere else they are not worth the hassle.