sLADe781

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I'm really hoping someone here with more experience can help me out here. My car is set with negative camber to prevent rubbing and I know uneven wearing is to be expected. Today I pulled my front wheels off and noticed that the inner tires, especially the passenger front, is worn really bad. If you look closely, the passenger side tires even appear to have the white stitches showing. The driver is just balding but headed that way as well. However, there's still so much tread on the rest of the tire that I'd hate to waste it if I really don't have to.

So what do you guys think? Replace right away or do I have some time?

Thanks in advance.

Note: the first 2 pics are from the driver side front and the next 3 are from the passenger front.

blueis300

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Thats just an accident waiting to happen. I would think with the tread showing like that it could blow at any time.

Sunny G

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Wear bars is showing so that means new tires.

Sunny G

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If the tires aren't directional then you can just flip them. I haven't done that so I won't know the affects of it.

sLADe781

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Thanks for the quick response guys! Definitely getting new tires ASAP!!

Sunny, the "wear bars" that you mentioned...are those the "white stitching" that is showing? Also, I've heard of tire flipping before but I thought they could only be flipped on directional tires (seems like you're saying otherwise)?

Sunny G

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Well what I meant by directional is that if on the sidewall you a symbol that looks something like <<<rotate or rotate>>> those you can't flip because of the design and some tires don't have that symbol and the tread design is the same on the inside and outside.

Sunny G

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Those white lines are not the wear bars. Sorry for the misinformation

speedracer g37

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Those white lines are the inner structure of the tires and not the wear bars. The wear bars are rubber blocks that run across the tread from one side to the other...you're way, way past those. It looks like you have about 90% of the tread left on the rest of the tire and probably will end up the same way in about a year when you replace these again. You can think about it this way. You're throwing away 90% of the money you'll be spending on new tires since running that much negative camber is bad on tires. It's probably not doing your front bearings any good either.

Edit: that last pictur on the right shows the wear bar. It the line going horizontal across the tread.

Sunny G

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Speed racer is right those aren't the wear bars. For some reason I kept thinking the side wall structure lining were the wear bars. Sorry for the misinformation. Thanks for the correction.

sLADe781

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Man that really sucks! When I bought the car this past summer, the setup was already done with the wheels and negative camber. Love the wheels and the look but like you said, hate wasting money!!

So what are my options? How do others who run big wheels and negative camber deal with the uneven wear? Just buy new tires every year?? O_o

Sunny G

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Post a pic I would like to see if there is room to work in a camber kit for both front and rear. Im uploading some pics right now to give you an idea

Sunny G

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This is 20x9.5 +25 with 245/35/20 and 20x10.5 +35 275/30/20

I added a 10mm spacer up front a couple months after these pics were taken.

This is when I took the wheels of for the winter.
Front (you can see camber wear, and this is after about 5k miles)

Rear (also after 5k miles)

blnewt

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Yep, throw us a pic or two. You may be able to roll the front fenders to give you more room and then get camber arms to get back into spec up front. The back should already be rolled so not much you can do without pulling out the fenders a bit. If you're not really attached to the wheels you might also consider going w/ something w/ an easier fit and resell your current wheels.

sLADe781

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Here are some pictures...thank you sooo much guys!!!

slartibartfast

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You have a toe problem. If you don't get the front-end re-aligned, you'll wear the new tires the same way.