Weird Tire Wear, educated opinions?

spearfish25 · 06-26-2011, 06:54 PM

Definitely from lack of camber on the road course HPDE. Yep, the heel-toe is front to back feathering. After my autocross today, the wear pattern has started to normalize. I think the stock suspension just brutalizes the front tires on track days. I don't really have cupping, but the extreme outside tread border where it meets the wall has a pink finger width of grooving. I'm wondering if it's due to rolling over onto the stiff sidewall on the road course.

Red__Zed · 06-26-2011, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by spearfish25

Definitely from lack of camber on the road course HPDE. Yep, the heel-toe is front to back feathering. After my autocross today, the wear pattern has started to normalize. I think the stock suspension just brutalizes the front tires on track days. I don't really have cupping, but the extreme outside tread border where it meets the wall has a pink finger width of grooving. I'm wondering if it's due to rolling over onto the stiff sidewall on the road course.

Hm. The F/R wear is usually on older cars when I've seen it. My 540i had issues with it around 200,000 miles due to worn out bushings. I'd guess the stiffer sidewall might be pushing the suspension a bit harder. Are you on stock suspension?

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spearfish25 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 4,117 Drives: to work Rep Power: 1857	Definitely from lack of camber on the road course HPDE. Yep, the heel-toe is front to back feathering. After my autocross today, the wear pattern has started to normalize. I think the stock suspension just brutalizes the front tires on track days. I don't really have cupping, but the extreme outside tread border where it meets the wall has a pink finger width of grooving. I'm wondering if it's due to rolling over onto the stiff sidewall on the road course. __________________ 2013 Cadillac V-Wagon, RIP Z

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