Rear Tyres Bald

[DECIM8]

Howdy,

Have a variety of things happening, Firstly I have just completed a round trip the qld from sydney nice 2000km on the clock and picked up some nice go fast bits on the way thanks Darrin.

After the first 1000km ( I drove through the night) the tyres which are at least 30-50% tread are gone!!! I did notice during wet patches the back swinging around as if Hicas was playing up, acclerating out of this tail movement helped.

anyway Im off to get a wheel alignment (and new tyres) tommorow but wondering if the problem could be hicas and perhaps its time to do the old hicas lock bar trick?

I must add the front tyres have almost no wear from the trip. not visable anyway.

To add to the story, the drive back was shocking, at one stage it was basically ice skating on the road, not due to bald tyres but because I was fighting with hicas to stay the shit still.

Help is greatly appreciated.

Nathaniel

P.S Hicas light never comes on, but I did have it up on the hoist some time ago and noticed one bush or join cover broken open for hicas, was told not to worry as its just hicas...

Edited May 22, 2008 by DECIM8

[Kinks]

stop doing burnouts. seriously.

also, hicas doesn't cause tyre wear. both tyres always move in the same direction. If you really are getting tyre wear that bad i would expect to see feathering on the tread as it is being worn away very quickly. Either it had a shoddy alignment, someone pulled it apart and put it back together without bothering to even align it by eye, or someone has drifted hell sik bro into a kerb and bent the rear suspension.

take it to a tyre shop and get it aligned. it'll be toed in or out, probably toe out if you are having instability issues. I doubt it's hicas.

[GeeTR]

Snot the HICAS, youv prolly had the car long anough to know how it feels.

Regardless HICAS = lame

[DECIM8]

Drifting, burnouts.. everyone who ever cruses with me knows im the last person to do these things, I cant even keep up with the people infront let alone spin my tyres or do hecktik handbrake park jobs (although it did look pretty good on starsky and hutch)

Yeah ive never had the rear act up like that but I think its really down to the wet road no tyres thing.

Seriously ive got more wear on the left side vrs right side and more camber wear on the inside left vrs right yet ride height is exactly the same. I didnt get to take her to the tyre people today but any advice on a particular place in sydney?

[DjeMz]

get a wheel alignment

[Kinks]

Any place will do. If your tyre wear is that bad I'm surprised you can't see an alignment problem by eye.

When you take it there, ask them for a print-out of the readings before and after.

[R338OY]

Don't go somewhere crappy Nat (not that you would). I got an alignment not long ago and they didn't even get the steering wheel straight!

A good suspension shop AND ask for an inspection (rather than just align and piss off type job). There might be something unhappy back there that's costing you plenty of rubber (no, i'm not being filthy).

And stop doing burnouts. Srsly.