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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 05:46 PM
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Tire wear?

These Toyo T1Rs have about 12K - 15K mi. on them. They seem to still have good tread everywhere except on the inside shoulder. Is this the way your tires wear as well?

 
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Thats how mine wear. I'm running coilovers and no where near stock ride height.
 
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Mine wore on the insides too. Think its the way these cars are set up?
 
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Mine wore on the insides too. Think its the way these cars are set up?
Yes, it is the way the cars are set up. This kind of wear can come from either too much negative camber, or from insufficient toe-in. However, we usually want more negative camber to make the car handle a bit better, and this is the price that one pays for that.

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Those look like fronts. Do the fronts wear on the inside like that? My rears do, but the fronts look somewhat even...
 
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one picture is front and one is rear. Both are wearing on he inside.
 
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My fronts are wearing evenly. The backs wear on the inside due to design; the faster we drive them the more evenly the backs will wear :-) .

My P-dealer agrees that 2 sets of rears to a set of fronts is about normal.
 
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Are these your track tires? My dailys wear like that on the rear...but more even on the fronts. Maybe you have a more aggresive alignment in front for track? or even every day?
 
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