Tread Wear

[irjoshy]

I have a 96 Talon.

I drive on the street only with some occasional spirited driving/cornering.

17x7 RS Limited Concept Pros.

I think the offset is like 43 or 42 I'm not sure.

The tires are yoko avs es 100 225/45/17.

It has Eibach Pro Kit springs and KYB AGX adjustable shocks.

Now for a while i was driving on bad rear shocks before I upgraded my suspension.

I did not install a camber kit of any sort, and my mechanic told me that the rear camber adjustments are all rusted and seized.

However I recently took the good wheels/tires off to store the car for the winter and I noticed that on the inside tread of all 4 tires there was a wear mark about an inch wide.

I am curious if you think that the rear shocks being bad for so long could have caused this?

Or do you think that lowering it roughly 1.5" could have been the reason.

I need to purchase new tires soon but I want to make sure that the suspension isn't fubar.

Thank You.

Josh

 

[ACM]

Your problem is that the car is badly out of alignment due to the 1.5" drop. There is no OEM camber adjustment on a 2G, most likely your mechanic said/meant the rear alignment adjustment was seized up, which is normal for a 2G...

The quickest way to fix this problem is the business end of a SawzAll, once seized, there's no way to remove the arms without risking damage to the subframe. If you try heating the bolts and hitting them, you'll bend the rear subframe, at which point you'll be replacing that as well as the alignment arms. The arms themselves are about $20 each, the hardware about $10 for the whole lot.

Typical small air saws won't work as the bolts are too hard - I tried this the first time around and none of the blades could cut the bolt, just stripped the teeth clean off; SawzAll went through them no problem.

 

[Backinajiffy12]

+1 for alignment and you probably need a camber kit

 

[irjoshy]

Thanks guys! I'll look into these solutions!