very wierd tire wear? :(

[johnwc723]

i just balanced my tires the other day and i noticed well the following in the picture below


these tires have only about 5k miles on them! wtf is going on im not having any signifigant problems with my car "going off course" like an alighnment, a little but not that much
any ideas?

[shepherd79]

it is your alignment. the camber is off.

[HondaBoy]

its called get an alignment. yeah, ive had that very same problem and after the suspension alignment, its all good. if your getting an alignment, get one that comes with some kind of lifetime program where you can go back and get it done for either free or discounted. but anyway, it shouldnt be more than a simple alignment!

[johnwc723]

okay thanks guys ! ill get one done promptly

[AZmike]

it is your alignment. the camber is off.

I've achieved the same wear pattern by driving a few hundred miles with camber within spec and the toe setting wrong. It takes a lot of camber to cause uneven wear compared to toe. Camber just loads one side of the tire a little more, toe drags the entire tire across the road as you drive.

[aCCo[R]D]

actually i think it is because your tires are over inflated, if it was an aligment problem it would be on the side edge of the tires

[NXRacer]

if its wearing that fast, your toe is way off. You may have a camber problem too.

[DBMaster]

You have to remember that without a camber kit (or Prelude control arm modification) camber is NOT adjustable on our cars. I used to have the same problem on my front right tire, though it took more than 5K miles to show up. If your camber is negative by more than about 1.5 degrees (0 is factory spec) then you will see wear like this at some point.

Even though my car is not lowered I did install a camber kit on the front right. Best $75 I ever spent since my tires finally wear evenly. I had the problem from the time the car was new until about 2002!