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Washing my car and noticed my tires

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Nov 30, 2003
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Well, I just got done washing my car and noticed the front tires are going bald! I look at the rear and they look brand new. The tires are only a couple months old. I got an alignment about 1k miles ago. But I noticed I'm missing a couple stick on wheel weights. Could this cause the problem? Should I get my tires rotated? Was the alignment done poorly and is contributing to my bad tire wear up front?
I'm also missing a couple stick-on weights in back but my tread in back is fine. What's wrong!?! Thanks!
 
Burn rubber much??? Try going to where you got your tires put on at and see if they're warrantied for mileage.
 
Most of the weight's on the nose, and if you're coming in fast and accellerating out, the tires are going to take the load. But if you've had a change in tire wear history, have that alignment shop take another look.
 
The weight coming off is not your problem that will just make the car shake. If it is alignment wear then it will only be on one side of the tires not even wear. Like everyone else said it's because you drive hard and it's front wheel drive. It doesn't mean that you can't drive hard but you should just get your tires rotated more often. They usually say every 5,000 miles but I would do it every oil change at 3,000.
 
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