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Tire wear on the inside of my front tires

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Tires are worn to the belts on the inside of my front tires only. I have stock 21" wheels and Steeda lowering springs. Do I have a camber issue?
 

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Could be negative camber or toe out. Did you have the alignment checked after the springs were installed?
 

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Tires are worn to the belts on the inside of my front tires only. I have stock 21" wheels and Steeda lowering springs. Do I have a camber issue?
Yah you'll need an alignment.
 

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Almost certainly it’s a toe-out problem. You must run a lot of negative camber to actually wear the tire excessively. About -1deg front camber is perfect for a street car. Zero to 1/8” total toe-in is good too. Alignment shops just get it in the “green” which has a huge tolerance. Specify exactly what you want so they have the correct target.
 

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I'm afraid the last shop that aligned it when I put the new tires on screwed it up. These tires only have 12k miles on them so I'm pretty pissed to have to go out and spend another $1700 on tires so quickly.
 

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I'm afraid the last shop that aligned it when I put the new tires on screwed it up. These tires only have 12k miles on them so I'm pretty pissed to have to go out and spend another $1700 on tires so quickly.
You need to take it back to that shop then and ask for them to realign and pay for the new tires.
 



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