Tire Wear

[71chevellejohn]

^^^^ Mine too. Never had it to an alignment shop. All string camber gauge.

My brother used a machine to do mine according to the specs that came with my CC plates, not the stock specs from the machine. But my brother is also a mechanic that specializes in steering/suspension. If he were closer, I'd throw his name out there for the OP - but I doubt he wants to bring the car to Abilene for an alignment. Should definitely be able to get it done close to home.

[slow99]

From what I hear RUF Auto Center does good alignments. I have no experience with them though. I have lowered a C6 Corvette for a friend that later got the car aligned there. It's been months, no wear problems.

Yep. Aligned my lowered z06 there, zero issues.

[SC457A]

left front: right front:
-1.0 camber(green) -0.9 camber(green)
4.1 caster(red) 3.9 caster(green)
0.16 toe(green) 0.12 toe(green)

That camber is kinda aggressive for a street car.

My '03 Cobra has -0.8/ -0.9 on the front also ( I aligned it) and it wears the inner edges also.

Only option would be to set it more positive and that can help some.

[DeddRekoning]

Left Front:

[DeddRekoning]

Right Front:

[my fear]

that's alignment issues. and how new/old are your shocks?

[Blackpony]

That doesn't look too bad. Seems the wear is pretty even maybe favoring the inner just a little..

[DeddRekoning]

the struts are 1 1/2 years old

[71chevellejohn]

Those tires are new???

[DeddRekoning]

no...I'm gonna call Firestone tomorrow to find out exactly when I bought them but it's still uneven tread wear

[71chevellejohn]

I only mention the age of the tires because the treadwear from lug to lug of the contact patch looks uneven(Right Front). It looks like there are high/low spots on the same line of tread.

[DeddRekoning]

is there anything, other than alignment, that can wear the inner tires? I don't notice any pulling or steering wheel shake while just driving or while braking

[my fear]

shocks might if there blown, the tire could bounce up and down causing high/low spots like that. the alignment being off would cause feathering like on the lf, but i don't think it will cause such high and low spots like on the rf.

[DeddRekoning]

so what's the suggestion....buy 2 new front tires and check alignment? If alignment is right then check struts?

[Grape]

That car is toed out a mile, almost 1/4" acording to your specs. Unfortunately alignment tech doesnt know positive and negatives matter infront of those numbers