[s-cars] tire wear on a lowered cars

[djdawson2@aol.com]

The short answer... if your suspension is well maintained, and your alignment is really correct, you should experience good tire life... with good wear patterns.
 
I run -1 up from, and -.5 in the rear... fresh suspension parts, and good alignment.  My car has 2B plates, Eibachs/Konis.  I get very even wear, and really good tire mileage.
HTH,
Dave 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: kbogach at comcast.net
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 17:56:48 +0000
Subject: [s-cars] tire wear on a lowered cars


Hello.  
I have SP8000 tires on lowered UrS4 '93 with 2B camber plates.  Camber is -0.6, 
everything else is spec, according to my local STS shop.  By the way, they did 
mine both 200tq (stock suspension) and it looks perfect after many miles.   
There is an excessive outer edge wear on the front SP8000s.  Plus,  I was told, 
there is not good wearing pattern overall:  the adjacent edges on two adjacent 
treads are of different hight (different wear).  I tried to depict it below.   
Before I shell off  $200 for alignment at a dealer I'd like to ask question:  if 
the current alignment is actually what is on the shop's printout,  shall I see 
obvious uneven wear on 10Kmi old SP8000s?  Can it be specific to performance 
tires?  These ones my first performance tires ever.

Thanks.
Konstantin.
UrS4 '93
200tq '89
200tqa' 89
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