Wheel alignment or camber?

[aidiewright]

Afternoon, so I've had my tyres about 3-4 months and look at the state of them with out me even realising...

Front Near Side:

Front Off-Side:

Any tyre pro's have any idea? Booked in for wheel alignment tomorrow but don't want to get it if it need camber sorting instead. I do think it's the wheel alignment but I'm just guessing


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[Richoscos]

Are they worn on the inside? That'd be camber, and the fact that they're worn down to the markers already could be either:

1. Too much toe
2. Wrong tyre rating. Check on somewhere like QuikFit's website (but don't bloody buy anything from there lol) using your reg number and see what rating tyre you should have. It probably won't be wrong, but worth checking.

Also, what brand and type of tyre are they? They're not Conti Sport 5's, are they?

 

[AndyG_TSi]

If there wearing in the inside edge get it checked for toe in/out.

Actually.....get it on a hunter 4 wheel alignment machine. May cost you £50 or so, but that's far cheaper than a new set of tyres in another 3 months

 

[Richoscos]

£50?! Getting mine done cost over £90! I think I was robbed, but then it was in Luton...

 

[aidiewright]

Just got mine booked in at 5 tonight at 45 quid interested to see the result.

Reckon that tyre is still legal? Getting EGR/DPF delete and remap this month so with this not much cash left..


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[richicupra]

Likely to be toe-out, get alignment done and personally I'd replace that tyre on the N/S front.

 

[aidiewright]

Is it just me or is this just as bad as it started apart from toe???

Before:

After:

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[Richoscos]

I'd agree with you mate. Looks like they've sorted the front toe and made the rear left corner slightly worse... I know these cars can be a ******* to set properly, but I'm not sure that's right.

 

[Richoscos]

What tyres are they incidentally?

 

[aidiewright]

Still if I'm paying money I don't care how much of a pain in the arse they are I don't think I should expect this, anyone work with a hunter shed some light?

They are vredstein ultrac vorti's on front, but the guy said wire is showing on the inside so gunna order something different tonight.

Continentals on the back.


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[andycupra]

my money is on tracking, and the check appears to back this up.

all you got done was tracking/alignment right? then they have done this. there is a difference between alignment/tracking v geometry.

Geometry adjustment is more involved and may not even be adjustable on your car.

 

[Bikerz]

7 Degrees camber! Should be 2 tops!

 

[irf]

7 Degrees camber! Should be 2 tops!

Look again

 

[AndyG_TSi]

Here's my before & after from mine being done if it helps....

 

[Richoscos]

The Conti's wear really quickly and are loud and uneconomical. Wet and dry grip is great though.

Yeah, not sure what to do about the geometry though. Might be worth a trip back down there to ask what's going on.

 

[Richoscos]

Ah. If you've only had the tracking done, then they've done that, as Andy said.

4 wheel geometry is definitely a lot more involved and some settings can't be adjusted on our cars.

 

[aidiewright]

Cheers for the info lads! Aslong as I get even tyre wear from now on I'm not that bothered, I'm rather annoyed that the camber on the rear left was in the green and is now in the red. Might go get them to sort that out..

Think I'm decided on the rainsports 3's to replace the fronts..


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[richicupra]

The toe is adjustable all round and should definitely be in the green on the "after" picture, ESPECIALLY when you've gone in with tyres showing wear related to toe-out!