Tire wear on the driver side

Coop760 · 09-30-2009, 01:19 PM

Okay so yesterday on my way to lunch my tire just went flat, I looked at the tire and it looked fine, no holes or slashes no sign of nails either. I finally reached into the back of the tire and noticed that the tire was worn and eventually cut all around the inside. I paid 120$ for a fuckin kumo 215 40. im still pretty pissed, but alteast its fixed for now. So my question is where the fuck should i start on correcting the problem! I have stock shocks, tein springs, ive had them on for a while now, maybe 30,000 miles. should i get rid of the tien? buy something better? or just go back to stock? its only the driver side tire that wears out in the inside.

JLude · 09-30-2009, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Coop760

Okay so yesterday on my way to lunch my tire just went flat, I looked at the tire and it looked fine, no holes or slashes no sign of nails either. I finally reached into the back of the tire and noticed that the tire was worn and eventually cut all around the inside. I paid 120$ for a fuckin kumo 215 40. im still pretty pissed, but alteast its fixed for now. So my question is where the fuck should i start on correcting the problem! I have stock shocks, tein springs, ive had them on for a while now, maybe 30,000 miles. should i get rid of the tien? buy something better? or just go back to stock? its only the driver side tire that wears out in the inside.

If you did not have an alignment done after you installed the teins...THAT IS YOUR PROBLEM!

Any time you lower a car you mess with the alignment and bad toe alignment is the cause of most bad tire wear issues.

Coop760 · 09-30-2009, 06:46 PM

I got it alligned it helped but eventually does the same shit. how about ingalls or spc for camber??

Kronn 98SH · 09-30-2009, 07:03 PM

Get it aligned again. Alignment isn't a 1-time thing. It's part of regular maintenance. FYI, so is rotating the tires.

Robert Taylor · 09-30-2009, 07:44 PM

The suspension on the Prelude is designed to change its alignment as the springs compress . Getting the alignment to work right after installing aftermarket springs is a difficult task which I guess will require a lot of hit and miss adjustments and a lot of tire purchases . A look at my tires with 10,000 miles on them on my stock lude may make you want to go back to stock springs . Because my tire wear is so good I can afford to buy a $700 set of Michelin Pilot Exalto Pe2 tires that really preform . If I had uncorrectable tire wear problems I would have to do like you and go out and buy some of those cheap Korean tires like you have .

Coop760 · 09-30-2009, 08:23 PM

Hey and i am thanks dude, fuck that i aint wasting cash on tires every 4 months.

Kronn 98SH · 09-30-2009, 08:24 PM

Why would you buy tires every 4 months? FYI, never listen to Robert Failure.

Coop760 · 09-30-2009, 10:49 PM

being sarcastic dude, whats ur solution the kronn to my problem!??

Kronn 98SH · 09-30-2009, 11:01 PM

Sounds like failure to maintain your suspension, or something is physically wrong with the suspension.

So before I can give you any kind of conclusion or solution, I would require more data. Which tire was this? RF, LF, RR, LR? How are the other three tires? Check all sides. Are you positive the tire wasn't going low and you were driving on the sidewalls for a while? Stuff like that.

toast · 09-30-2009, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Coop760

being sarcastic dude, whats ur solution the kronn to my problem!??

lol.

Coop760 · 09-30-2009, 11:12 PM

Na it was the drivers side tire, my shit is just cambered. kuhmo tire, its always the driver side that has that problem.

Kronn 98SH · 09-30-2009, 11:18 PM

LF or LR? You answered only 1 of the questions.

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Originally Posted by toast

lol.

I'm assuming it was a typo instead of him calling me "The Kronn".

Coop760 · 09-30-2009, 11:21 PM

Coop760 · 09-30-2009, 11:22 PM

haha the kronn 2010!

toast · 09-30-2009, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Kronn 98SH

LF or LR? You answered only 1 of the questions.

I'm assuming it was a typo instead of him calling me "The Kronn".

That is an outstanding mistake if it was.

Coop760 · 09-30-2009, 11:28 PM

Better then the toast! lol

toast · 09-30-2009, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Coop760

Better then the toast! lol

true indeed

Kronn 98SH · 09-30-2009, 11:48 PM

Typically in the situation where 1 specific position (LF in this case) constantly gets uneven tire wear, the cause is a malfunction in the suspension. Possibilities are a bad alignment, bent arm, bad bushing, etc.

A camber kit is like cutting off your foot because you have an ingrown toenail.

09-30-2009, 01:19 PM	#1
Coop760 Lude Dude Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Coachella, CA Age: 24 Posts: 218 iTrader: (1) View Photos By: Coop760	Tire wear on the driver side Okay so yesterday on my way to lunch my tire just went flat, I looked at the tire and it looked fine, no holes or slashes no sign of nails either. I finally reached into the back of the tire and noticed that the tire was worn and eventually cut all around the inside. I paid 120$ for a fuckin kumo 215 40. im still pretty pissed, but alteast its fixed for now. So my question is where the fuck should i start on correcting the problem! I have stock shocks, tein springs, ive had them on for a while now, maybe 30,000 miles. should i get rid of the tien? buy something better? or just go back to stock? its only the driver side tire that wears out in the inside.

09-30-2009, 07:03 PM	#4
Kronn 98SH Preludepower Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oklahoma City Age: 29 Posts: 3,359 iTrader: (0)	Get it aligned again. Alignment isn't a 1-time thing. It's part of regular maintenance. FYI, so is rotating the tires. __________________ 1988 Prelude S - victim of an 80mph backflip 1991 Prelude Si - sold 1989 Accord DX - impounded 1998 Prelude SH - bolt-ons dynoing @ 173whp&140tq 2006 CRF150F - sold 2006 YZ250F To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

09-30-2009, 07:44 PM	#5
Robert Taylor Banned Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 503 iTrader: (0)	The suspension on the Prelude is designed to change its alignment as the springs compress . Getting the alignment to work right after installing aftermarket springs is a difficult task which I guess will require a lot of hit and miss adjustments and a lot of tire purchases . A look at my tires with 10,000 miles on them on my stock lude may make you want to go back to stock springs . Because my tire wear is so good I can afford to buy a $700 set of Michelin Pilot Exalto Pe2 tires that really preform . If I had uncorrectable tire wear problems I would have to do like you and go out and buy some of those cheap Korean tires like you have . Last edited by Robert Taylor; 10-01-2009 at 10:26 AM.

09-30-2009, 08:24 PM	#7
Kronn 98SH Preludepower Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oklahoma City Age: 29 Posts: 3,359 iTrader: (0)	Why would you buy tires every 4 months? FYI, never listen to Robert Failure. __________________ 1988 Prelude S - victim of an 80mph backflip 1991 Prelude Si - sold 1989 Accord DX - impounded 1998 Prelude SH - bolt-ons dynoing @ 173whp&140tq 2006 CRF150F - sold 2006 YZ250F To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

09-30-2009, 11:01 PM	#9
Kronn 98SH Preludepower Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oklahoma City Age: 29 Posts: 3,359 iTrader: (0)	Sounds like failure to maintain your suspension, or something is physically wrong with the suspension. So before I can give you any kind of conclusion or solution, I would require more data. Which tire was this? RF, LF, RR, LR? How are the other three tires? Check all sides. Are you positive the tire wasn't going low and you were driving on the sidewalls for a while? Stuff like that. __________________ 1988 Prelude S - victim of an 80mph backflip 1991 Prelude Si - sold 1989 Accord DX - impounded 1998 Prelude SH - bolt-ons dynoing @ 173whp&140tq 2006 CRF150F - sold 2006 YZ250F To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

09-30-2009, 06:46 PM	#3
Coop760 Lude Dude Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Coachella, CA Age: 24 Posts: 218 iTrader: (1) View Photos By: Coop760	I got it alligned it helped but eventually does the same shit. how about ingalls or spc for camber??

09-30-2009, 08:23 PM	#6
Coop760 Lude Dude Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Coachella, CA Age: 24 Posts: 218 iTrader: (1) View Photos By: Coop760	Hey and i am thanks dude, fuck that i aint wasting cash on tires every 4 months.

09-30-2009, 10:49 PM	#8
Coop760 Lude Dude Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Coachella, CA Age: 24 Posts: 218 iTrader: (1) View Photos By: Coop760	being sarcastic dude, whats ur solution the kronn to my problem!??

09-30-2009, 11:12 PM	#11
Coop760 Lude Dude Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Coachella, CA Age: 24 Posts: 218 iTrader: (1) View Photos By: Coop760	Na it was the drivers side tire, my shit is just cambered. kuhmo tire, its always the driver side that has that problem.

09-30-2009, 11:21 PM	#13
Coop760 Lude Dude Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Coachella, CA Age: 24 Posts: 218 iTrader: (1) View Photos By: Coop760	Lf

09-30-2009, 11:22 PM	#14
Coop760 Lude Dude Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Coachella, CA Age: 24 Posts: 218 iTrader: (1) View Photos By: Coop760	haha the kronn 2010!

09-30-2009, 11:28 PM	#16
Coop760 Lude Dude Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Coachella, CA Age: 24 Posts: 218 iTrader: (1) View Photos By: Coop760	Better then the toast! lol

09-30-2009, 11:48 PM	#18
Kronn 98SH Preludepower Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oklahoma City Age: 29 Posts: 3,359 iTrader: (0)	Typically in the situation where 1 specific position (LF in this case) constantly gets uneven tire wear, the cause is a malfunction in the suspension. Possibilities are a bad alignment, bent arm, bad bushing, etc. A camber kit is like cutting off your foot because you have an ingrown toenail. __________________ 1988 Prelude S - victim of an 80mph backflip 1991 Prelude Si - sold 1989 Accord DX - impounded 1998 Prelude SH - bolt-ons dynoing @ 173whp&140tq 2006 CRF150F - sold 2006 YZ250F To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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