Re: Cupped tires

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

Scott, the most common cause of cupped tires is bad wheel alignment. If they
are out of balance enough to get cupped, you will probably chip your teeth
while driving ...:o)

HTH

Fred Munro
'91 200q  270k km
-----Original Message-----
From: scottb2460@earthlink.net <scottb2460@earthlink.net>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 10:26 PM
Subject: Cupped tires


>I recently put new tires on my S4 since the previous ones were cupped. I
>don't know if the previous owner failed to rotate and balance since I
>understand that is the major reason tires get cupped. Are there other
>factors that can lead to cupping? I just want to be on the lookout and
>will check the new tires religiously, but they will be rotated and
>balanced every 5k, and if they get cupped again, wanted to know what
>other factors I might be dealing with.
>
>Scott