GenII MPS3 - Camber & Tyre Wear

[Yeldarb]

I'd hate to own this car on NZ. Don't they inspect their cars every 6 months?

[Jrbris]

this is one reason i got my coilovers and camber arm adjusters, now i get even tire wear

[luke 3mps]

Had a serious issue today, inside camber wear. The inside edge of tyre, tread pulled away from the casing due to camber wear. still 1-2mm from indicators. 20-30 mm of inner edge of tyre the tread pulled away....

[Yeldarb]

Ya, nothing new there. But Mazda thinks its "sporty" for a car to behave like that.

[Jeev]

Once the tyre surface begins to wear unevenly, the thinner part will not be able to cope with the same amount of stress as the rest -> Tyre Failure.

[12Lead]

Yeah i'm suffering the same problem on my MPS6, i was told thats the way it is,
not good enough, still searching for a solution, get s kinda expensive replacing 20"
tyres every year.
Cheers Todd

[Jeev]

Getting tyres swapped on the rims or Camber Arms will help. Ideally though, if you're going to start playing with the camber, you want to adjust the Toe too.

[luke 3mps]

Im going to give these a go MA i-Pro Victra i-Pro through a local dealer they say they are quiet and grippy, hope so .. I have my shocks and springs coming soon hope to get rid of this camber problem...

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[Yeldarb]

Most people would be lucky to get 30,000ks on a set of decent wearing tyres (OEM not included).

So what does it cost to remove tyres and rotate between rims? $100.

You do that every 5000ks.

Then let's say that extends the life of the tyre from 30k to 40k.

Means you done this 7 times, @$100= $700 to get extra 10000ks.

Over 120000 k's, you would spend $2300 on the above technique ($100 x 23 times) but only changed your tyres 3 times. Plus the cost of tyres ( assume $350 a corner) $4200 = $6500.

If you just rotate, means you're buying new tyres every 30000k's, that 4 times over 120000k's = $5600.

Unless you're riding on some super expensive compound, plus youre getting greater wear, it hardly seems worth it.

Or, if you could get them moved for less than $80 a go, you'd about break even.

Of course, I very well could be underestimating the effectiveness of this technique and overestimating the cost of moving rubber between wheels.

I'm going for 5 tyre rotation every 5000k's on Michelin PS3's. Will see how that goes.

[missjody9]

Most people would be lucky to get 30,000ks on a set of decent wearing tyres (OEM not included).

So what does it cost to remove tyres and rotate between rims? $100.

You do that every 5000ks.

Then let's say that extends the life of the tyre from 30k to 40k.

Means you done this 7 times, @$100= $700 to get extra 10000ks.

Over 120000 k's, you would spend $2300 on the above technique ($100 x 23 times) but only changed your tyres 3 times. Plus the cost of tyres ( assume $350 a corner) $4200 = $6500.

If you just rotate, means you're buying new tyres every 30000k's, that 4 times over 120000k's = $5600.

Unless you're riding on some super expensive compound, plus youre getting greater wear, it hardly seems worth it.

Or, if you could get them moved for less than $80 a go, you'd about break even.

Of course, I very well could be underestimating the effectiveness of this technique and overestimating the cost of moving rubber between wheels.

I'm going for 5 tyre rotation every 5000k's on Michelin PS3's. Will see how that goes.

I have been doing a wheel alignment every 10thousand k's I got about 30,000 out of my stock tyres. The tread is still good but the insides have the canvas showing now sitting on 34,000 and getting them replaced this week. Cost of alignment was $50 each time.


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