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Old May 24, 2007 | 08:51 PM
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The inside of my front tyres look like that are wearing, new alloys have only been on few weeks , i didn't do the tracking but was done when i had my last set on, all seem balanced, could it be suspension?
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Old May 24, 2007 | 10:05 PM
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they always wear inside when there lowered and bet yours is what car is it
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Old May 24, 2007 | 10:28 PM
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Nah its standard at the moment, xr2i, have got some 35mm springs to put on though
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Old May 24, 2007 | 10:45 PM
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big wheels will always have the problem more even on a standard car.

Adjustable bottom arms are going to be rquired if you don't want to be replacing tyres every few thousand miles
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Old May 25, 2007 | 06:38 AM
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They only 15's
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Old May 25, 2007 | 01:53 PM
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15's are a whole inch larger & will/may cause this problem as safechav says!! Tracking can also drift to to wear in other suspension components so although you have had it checked is doesn't mean to say it is correct now. Always worth the extra couple of quid to get the geometry checked & set if need be when fitting new wheels & tyres!!

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Old May 25, 2007 | 07:09 PM
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is it not bottom wishbones gone there prone for it on fiestas
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Old May 25, 2007 | 09:00 PM
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also if the wheels and tyres are wider than the standard onea you can mess up the K.P.I. there are a few things like this that can cause a whole lot of problems.
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Old May 26, 2007 | 02:15 PM
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Get some new wishbones and remove the riveted balljoint by grinding away the top of the riverts , then drill new holes for the balljoint 15m further in and cut off the end of the arm to shit

This will not stop it but the tyres will last alot longer
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Old May 26, 2007 | 07:35 PM
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tracking needs doing at least once a year if they are both going on the inside edge i bet thats what it is im in the car trade so i would place my money on it being the tracking get it looked at
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Old May 27, 2007 | 06:46 PM
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Your tracking would be most likely cause.
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Old May 27, 2007 | 11:02 PM
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Cheers, put new springs on 2day and will check tracking tomorrow
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Old May 27, 2007 | 11:37 PM
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Bet you any money its the camber doing it
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Old May 28, 2007 | 09:15 AM
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Yer i tink it is negative camber but my dad can't check it who does it?? what gets adjusted???

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You'll need adjustable track control arms to adjust your cambre, your cambre will be slightly affected by lowering but wheel size wouldn't have affected your cambre before that.
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Old May 28, 2007 | 11:19 AM
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its probably camber, if ur front suspensions are McPhersons then u can try H&R's camber bolts.. another option for a McPherson strut are adjustable upper mounts

for a double A setup, there are adjustable upper arms in the aftermarket
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Old May 28, 2007 | 11:56 AM
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Fitting a larger diameter wheel will increase the effects of whatever camber yopu already had though, it will of had small amounts of negative camber anyway, but by fitting larger, wider wheels with lower profile tyres you will notice the wear more.
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