40 % wear on 37" toyos only after 8k miles, WTF?!

[OrangeCrush]

Originally Posted by tomp

just changing tire height and width can affect an alignment all by itself!

Out of curiousity, how does tire height affect alignment? The geometry of the suspension doesn't know how much sidewall thickness there is.

Just curious on your logic.

Mark

[tomp]

Originally Posted by OrangeCrush

Out of curiousity, how does tire height affect alignment? The geometry of the suspension doesn't know how much sidewall thickness there is.

Just curious on your logic.

Mark

It's a matter of leverage out on the end of the axle. I previously argued this one myself with two different alignment shops and they both came back with this same answer. Basically, any height change, width change or offset can affect the alignment.

[Yetti]

The biggest thing a change in height effects is toe. it will seriously tweek toe. if you have the ability you can measure from the center of tread to center of tread and determine if its set right. it should be around 1/8"-3/16" toed out. if its not then by all means get an alinement.