anyone with Camber wear after lowering car?

I've had my Prii lowered on H&Rs & now Tein coilovers. I haven't seen any wear on my tires......but I also rotate my tires every 5k miles.

 

Did you get your car aligned after lowering your car and allowing the springs to settle in?

I've had my car lowered for many 10s of thousands of miles. Probably around 60,000 miles. I haven't seen any unusual wear. I've rotated my tires every 5,000 or 10,000 miles. I also had my car aligned 500-1,000 miles after installing the springs (proper settling time) and a few times after that to make sure everything was straight after hitting some significant pot holes.

 

You sure it's not from toe? From what I gather, even with lowering, the camber is still within spec and only toe is adjusted after lowering(modestly at least).

 

No wear at all with my TRD springs.

 

If very inner thread then most likely its camber wear. Get a new set of tires and have the car aligned.

 

I would suspect toe as the problem also. Lowering the car changes the angle of the tie rod, thus changing the relative length from the steering knuckle to the center link. It doesn't take much to cause scrubbing of the tires.

 

Found a cool chart. I didn't realize excessive wear due to toe and camber looked almost similar.

 

get it aligned and report back. I would bet it's toe!

 

Thanks for confirming. Looking to get mine installed soon. How long have you been driving on them?

BTW, it's "toe" like your toes and not "tow".

 

It should feel stabler on the highway, not as many steering corrections required.

It isn't exactly a "kit" that is needed to align the front end. Toyota sells several different bolts with varying amount of offset to adjust the front camber.

 

I just installed my Plus springs. Still drives straight as it did prior to Plus springs. Plan to check alignment in a few week but my guess is only an minor adjustment is needed.

 

Just toe-in/out.

 

I wonder if it's even out of tolerance with how good it feels.

 

The toe is a critical setting. It wears the tires faster than camber due to a scrubbing effect. It doesn't have to be off by very much to cause problems. Also, it doesn't effect drive-ability too much. It's just a good way to wear your tires out.

 

I've owned numerous cars which I've lowered and familiar with how it feels pre and post suspension work. What I'm saying is I wouldn't be surprised this is just at the limit of the tolerance. We'll see..

 

I have a question for you bro, i just lowered my car Monday on TRD springs, did you need an alignment done, how the wear on the tires?

Thanks,