Front Tire Wear
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Front Tire Wear
Just completed a 3200 mile road trip & was washing car when I noticed some abnormal wear on the inside edge of both front tires. It's not bad & the only reason I could see it was because the front tires had been left turned a bit after backing the car out of the garage. Any thoughts?
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Very common problem on C5's. It will only get worse, so get it realigned asap and tell them you don't race and don't need all the factory camber. I did and my new tires w/ over 12K miles still look like new w/ no uneven wear. 95% of my driving is non-spririted just driving around town....5% giving it hell in the twisties!! Works for me fine! 
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Originally Posted by mfrejek
Well, you have abnormal tire wear on both tires......what do you think you should do?
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Originally Posted by fixvet
Very common problem on C5's. It will only get worse, so get it realigned asap and tell them you don't race and don't need all the factory camber. I did and my new tires w/ over 12K miles still look like new w/ no uneven wear. 95% of my driving is non-spririted just driving around town....5% giving it hell in the twisties!! Works for me fine!
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From: Clever, MO aka SOMO
Originally Posted by Fastbird93
I'm getting ready to have mine adjusted to what you're describing. I'm curious, did it soften the understeer tendency at all (like a snap turn-in is what I'm talking about)?
Good luck....
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What the!!! You mean you have to put air in the tires?? Man I'm glad you let me know. I'm also glad some other members know what they're talking about. Thanks guys.
Originally Posted by Wicked Weasel
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Maybe start with checking tire pressure???
Maybe start with checking tire pressure???
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Originally Posted by VETTE26yearsVETTE
What the!!! You mean you have to put air in the tires?? Man I'm glad you let me know. I'm also glad some other members know what they're talking about. Thanks guys.$100 allignment plus $500 for 2 tires... problem fixed... a little more expensive than my Honda
Last edited by Silver Z06 Driver; Sep 7, 2006 at 05:50 AM.
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I just replaced my 2 front Goodyear run flats with 13,000 miles of extreme abnormal inside wear. Found out that it was aligned at the factory for high performance spec's. Imagine that, a convertible!! Just turned in a claim to Chevrolet for the cost of two tires and an alignment.
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Originally Posted by danlbika
I just replaced my 2 front Goodyear run flats with 13,000 miles of extreme abnormal inside wear. Found out that it was aligned at the factory for high performance spec's. Imagine that, a convertible!! Just turned in a claim to Chevrolet for the cost of two tires and an alignment.
I never trust the factory alignment on any car, and always have the alignment checked within 1,000 miles of when I buy a new car.
I don't think I have ever gotten a new car that the alignment was perfect from the factory.
Some cars come off the assembly line at the rate of 1 per minute, and you know the dealer does not check the alignment on every car they sell. What do you expect?
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Originally Posted by yaonttwo
All he was doing was asking a question.
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