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Originally Posted by sixto
Have you had the car for a while? How long has the tire been in that corner of the car? Maybe there's a front end problem and someone rotated the tires. Maybe those wheels were on another car until recently.
There are some guidelines in this thread on what ride height is and should be -
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=124073
Measure from the center of the wheel to the fender lip so you can compare ride height among 126s with different diameter wheels.
Sixto
87 300D |
Interesting that you should say that because I bought the car at 165k miles from an old lady who was, for lack of better terms, rich. Always brought to the dealer for inspection and oil change.
When I bought it, I notice that the spare tire was on the driver's side-front (I noticed this because the tire had a different brand name and different treads). So I thought to myself, "Why is it like this? I'll put the orignal tire back so that all the treads are the same."
I also noticed after installing what
was the original tire...that the back tires had more tread. HENCE, I rotated the tires. The ride height has always been the same and now I'm at almost 177k.
Could that spare tire have been there for a reason? Original wheel with the matching tread had no inflation troubles, but I did notice that after I installed it, I drove on the highway about 60-65 MPH and started to wiggle quite a bit on the steering wheel until I slowed down.
Something is not right....ride height? Wheel Balance? I just went outside to measure and it's currently at about 25.25 inches
When I rotated the tires, I noticed no wear. But I assume that if the back was aligned or fixed, that it would wear out evenly and not prematurely wear on the sides right?