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Old Feb 8, 2007
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are my tires worthless????

last summer i had lowered my car (eibach sportlines) and never put on a camber kit, but got it aligned and the guy at the garage said only one wheel was off a little bit, and that he couldn't adjust it anymore.

Then before the summer ended, I was noticing that the car was vibrating on the highway and that my tires were pretty noisy. I checked the tires and they were wearing somewhat wavy in the interier.

so i then got a camber kit, got it installed, did another alignement and reinstalled my factory rims (with factory tires) for the winter (by honda).

Now what i need to know is, when I put on my summer rims (with unevenly worn tires) on again in a couple of months, because it is now aligned with the camber kit, will it wear the tires back to normal or are my tires F**KED???????
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tire wear will affect the suspensions' setup. if your alignment is good, and you install tthe camber worn tires, the car, will be outta alignment shortly after. just like if you have camber worn tires, get it aligned, then get tires, the tires will still be outta alignment again.
I checked the tires and they were wearing somewhat wavy in the interier.
this is due prolly on the behalf that the tires are not being rotated regulary, or the tires arent being balanced often enough. you sadi you had a vibration, so this could help...get your tires from Discount Tire and you cant go wrong... i work there, deal with sooooooooooooooooooooooo much tire info, if you have more... feel free. im your best bet for balancing, flats, wheels(maybe), and all that classifies with tires...EXCEPT aligning... my sotre doesnt do those labors.
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so my tires are worthless? i need new tires? cause these ones are almost not worn at all, exept the interier thread that is alittle wavy.......
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i wouldnt say they are useless... let them get to secondary rubber, then replace..or 2/32 of tread..somewhere in between. the wavy tread is from neglect. just use those for a while. and let them wear into the tread.. use correct air psi, and rotate, balance, etc...
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If you do not have Hub Centric rings get some. They will stop the vibrating.
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Which one does your tires resemble?
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one more lesson to be learned always do alignments after suspension change...

anyway IMO I would not use them i mean its my life thats depending on these tires..i am not risking my life for $500 tires
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