I highly recomend Pedders. There should be one in Newcastle. I paid 110 or so for a 4 wheel alignment and they threw in the 28 point suspension inspection for free because I asked them about the poor road holding and because I thought my shocks were shot causing the rear to kick out on bumps. Turns out I was running 3 degrees of negative camber and a high toe-in value. So I had very little contact patch on my tyres. They fixed it all up for me and the car drives way better now. Hopefully the inside edge of the tyres won't be too wrecked from driving on that much camber.
Yeah mine kicks out on bumps to. I had a bad experence with a doggy machanic who claimed he could fix the problem. He had my car for three days made excuses as to why he didn't finish it. All he had to do was put new inner tierods in rear end. He qouted me $220 but didn't do the alignment. He then wanted to charge me $350 for labor. I told him thats not going to happen and took my car. . What would cause the front tyre to wear like this? http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/jasonzaicos/tyrewear.jpg
can you take a picture along the tread too? It makes it a little easier to see if there is heel and toe wear! 1) some tyres don't have a great shoulder to them, and wear badly even if the alignment is correct. 2) looks to have CORRECT negative camber, but not enough positive toe to compensate 3) too much negative camber in general 4) all of the above with not enough pressure. 5)aliens since your tyre is now knackered, look at a different tyre with a more supportive shoulder wall to it.
camber seems ok. the tyre wear is even right up to the inner edge http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/jasonzaicos/tirewear2.jpg
I reckon i'd be on the money if i said negative toe and low pressure. crappy "clear" or "Antyre" aren't great in regards to supportive shoulder. but high pressure's are your friend 36-40psi should spread the wear out. get rid of them, get somewhere with an 8 camera toe head that measure around the back of the car to do your alignment. the alignment is then a lot more accurate. If you can, watch them do the alignment, most people use correct tools, but "jack sh*t head tyres" often use multigrips or shifters on bolts which obviously round off nuts when not used correctly. Ensure the car is driven on to correctly positioned swivel plates, with the plate locking pins in. Make sure the aligner takes the HANDBRAKE OFF, and is OUT OF GEAR. he should then put a brake pedal clamp down for accurate toe readings. umm i'll post some other stuff if i remember anything else.
Whats your opinion of nankang nsII (yes i know crap in wet) they seem to last a lot longer than "clear" tyres. nankang has wear rate of 340 clear only has wear rate of 280 but the side wall weakness is suppose to bad to.
get a few more opinions than just mine, i honestly won't bring them up in the conversation of good quality tyres. ....there, that should get me in trouble for slander. what size tyre are you running, and apart from "as little as possible" what are you looking at spending on your new tyres?
I know what you mean! If i didn't have a morgage than yeah, goodyear, yokohama,would be nice my neighbour has a mate that can get cheap tyres.. nankang 245R1840 for $175.. 23518R40 $140.. If i could get more life out of my tyres i would go something better :zlove:
I'm running Nankang NSII's on the rear. Not that great IMO. How about the Maxxis MA-Z1's? I know a few people running them at the moment and dollar for dollar they are one of the better tyres you'll buy.
catch 22. cheap tyres, bad shoulderwear, don't last long. go and by some more. invest extra, better safer tyres, last longer. nothing is free, so if you buy a cheapo product you get cheap performance. could you rely on your nankangs? could you think "crap, i'm gunna hit this corner way to hard in the rain, better hope my tyres hold up!" or do you think, "nothing to it, i know i'm in safe hands." decent tyres obviously cost more, but by no means stupid amounts more. for an 235/40R18, the median price is roughly $290 a tyre. the Maz-1 sell at $269, less for forum members. have a browse through your car mags. Wheels Magazine, Choice etc they give good independant testing. I'm not yet aware of an Australian website that offers reviews, blogs etc. there's a few american ones though tirerack.com comes to mind. however can be misleading, some of the products aren't available in australia, nor are they suitable. Winter tyres v's summer tyres etc.
Been looking on other forums...245/40r18 for Maxxis MA-Z1's for less than $200 fitted! Allmost as cheap as nankang's but obviously lot better. I can't find any neg feedback on these tyres either :zlove:
