Lowered car, wear on inner tires

Inuyash274

Self Taught Noob
I'm unsure if this has been covered before, if it has just point me in the right direction.

A few months ago I put megan racing springs on my Teg, she used to sit about 12" from the ground (measuring from the front bumper to the ground) and now it sits about 8". So, she dropped around 4" all around. I also replaced the entire suspension, new ball joints and tie rods and got her aligned. Well after the alignment I noticed that my front tires were only wearing on the insides. They were getting pretty low on tread, so I rotated my tires. Now, all of my tires are worn HEAVILY on the insides. I need to either flip my tires and rotate them or get new tires.

Here is my question:
I still currently have the 14x5(1/2) rims on my tegg. I was wondering if I upgraded to 15" rims, or if I got wider rims and tires, if this would help create an even wear pattern.


What do you guys think?​
 

DCiFound

SEAHAWKS!!
Its going to continue to happen, unless you get a camber kit. MOOG makes adjustable ball joints that will fix your problem
 

Merlins Beard

*Beard not included
That much of a drop will give you some serious negative camber.
As the stock suspension is compressed the camber of the wheel will change, getting more negative camber.
Lowering the car without a camber kit will cause natural camber as it is just like the suspension constantly being compressed.
This is known as natural camber and people usually try and avoid it when lowering the car through a camber kit.
The camber puts more load on the inside of the tires causing them to have a consistent but uneven wear pattern with more wear on the inside over a somewhat long period of time.

Not having a camber kit might make it hard or impossible to get the toe back within spec. Toe causes very fast wear on the very edge of the tire. With incorrect toe, you can wear through a set of tires in a few months.
Toe is fixed in an alignment.

Getting a different wheel/tire size won't fix the problem.
 


Inuyash274

Self Taught Noob
Alright, thanks guys.

No, I did not have a camber kit on it. I'm now looking around for a kit. If I got this Would this allow me to correct my camber to 0 degrees? Or would I also need something along the lines of this??

This is a new area for me, sorry for any dumb questions. I'm figuring that the first link will set me straight, and that the new rear arms won't help my camber, that they just help for control while turning. Am I correct?
 

Ryan659

Active Member
First link will correct your front and rear camber issues. Second link will only fix the rear camber but will help tighten up your suspension. But it doesn't look like a name brand so I wouldn't get it unless I'm missing something.
 

Ryan659

Active Member
Also, how is your toe? That'll eat it faster than camber
 


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