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Old Feb 14, 2012 | 10:22 AM
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Im running RTR's on my 11' GT with the BS stock Pnero tires in the front and i am having extreme inside tire wear. there is 25K miles on the stock tires. and the inside tread pattern is dang near bald!

im fixing to order new tires for the whole car. but i want to make sure this doenst keep happening. what do i need to do to fix this?
is it a alignment issue?
wheel balance issue?
camber issue?

any advice woufld be great! thanks
Old Feb 14, 2012 | 10:29 AM
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is the car stock ride height? RTR's are the rims right? What size are the rims? tires are 245's?

need more info

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Old Feb 14, 2012 | 10:36 AM
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Yep, need more info...

Seems to me either you bought big 20" RTR's and decided to stretch the existing tires which could lead to excessive tread wear if the camber is not adjusted.

Or you lowered your ride and never adjusted the camber.

Or you just keep hitting potholes and somehow screwed up the camber on both sides.

But whatever the case, sounds like your camber is off.
Old Feb 14, 2012 | 11:14 AM
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stock ride height, and 19" RTR rims. so i need to get a camber alignment in order to fix this issue... or do i need to camber plates?
Old Feb 14, 2012 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by roblee121
stock ride height, and 19" RTR rims. so i need to get a camber alignment in order to fix this issue... or do i need to camber plates?
whats the width of the rim, and the tire size? still need more info

My rims are stock bright aluminum 19's with the pzero nero tires and no issues. I think they are 19x8's with 245's
Old Feb 14, 2012 | 02:02 PM
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You can adjust your camber without the camber plates. I had to have my camber re-adjusted when I lowered my ride and did it manually, no plates. So far I've got even tread wear. What tires are you running?
Old Feb 14, 2012 | 03:49 PM
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I wouldnt say so much your camber is the problem its more in the TOE.

BTW you cant adjust camber on a stock car. Just aint gonna happen. I am running -1.8 degrres of camber up front with perfect tire wear.
Old Feb 14, 2012 | 04:29 PM
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Camber. Had the exact same problem (different tires and rims, and I lowered it). Inside tire wear with very little outside wear indicated camber. If it's not too bad, you can do it yourself. If it's a little worse a set of Eibach Camber Bolts from AM will fix it no problem!
Old Feb 14, 2012 | 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by DRock
I wouldnt say so much your camber is the problem its more in the TOE.

BTW you cant adjust camber on a stock car. Just aint gonna happen. I am running -1.8 degrres of camber up front with perfect tire wear.
DRock is correct, this is not a camber issue since the car is not lowered. This is a TOE issue, go have the TOE adjusted and your problem will be corrected.
Old Feb 14, 2012 | 05:24 PM
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camber, toe, get it on a machine and you know what numbers are off, definetely needs alignment checked.

not sure about the 2010+ but on 05-09 camber was not really meant to be adjustable, guess some genious saved ford 20 bucks per car with that?!

there are ford and aftermarket "off center" camber bolts to do this, many (if not all) will be less diameter than orig bolts and therefore may not be the best solution, better w plates.

but again, have it measured, aligned, may just be toe, maybe you hit some rough roads?



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