WA suspensions do a good job and all the gear on my xw is from them but for the very best wheel alignment you cant beat wilkinsons

hey guys, my left tyre on the outside it getting bold, does this mean the wheel alignement cuased this to go like it??

means something isn't right i had the same problem with the left rear on the inside though and once i'd got the wheel alignment at Tyrepower Canning Vale aka Club sponser done it. it stopped doing it !!

im no expert but id say it would be your allignment or camber, or a combination! do as Elmo said, take it to tyrepower and get it alligned/ballanced and it should be right

Be either camber or toe. Also could be under inflated tyres

yep, Chris summed it up ^^ If it's both shoulders worn away then maintain your tyre pressures in future. If it's only the outside then it will be either the toe-in or it will have positive camber. If you want to check it then put a spirit level against the side of the wheel as it is on the car. If it's out of vertical alignment (ie if the top or bottom veers away from the straight-edge of the level) then it's camber. If it's normal then the toe-in will be trying to point the tyre inwards.

wa suspensions

cost like $70 but f*** me it was 100%

so im guessin i need a new tyre right???

wot should be the tyre pressuress for 17inch 235 tyres??

Between 35-40psi should be fine

Could also be worn bushes. My tyres copped a major beating when my lower control arm bushes went and alignment was all over the place!

Another vote for Wilkos, can't recommend them enough after what they done for me!

lower profile rubber requires higher psi, higher profile like my 15's require lower psi, ie my 15's I run at 33psi. A set of 18" Quakes for example with 235/45 rubber I run at 40psi. higher profile tyre with lower pressure still has more air in it because of the volume, which is why they give a more comfortable ride. lower profile tyres under higher pressure have less air in them, but they need the higher pressure to maintain rigidity in the side-walls. This combined with less side-wall flex is why low profile tyres corner so nicely

Kyron when did you find out they were cactus? Was it when you went to get the alignment done?

Falconboy101 - where do you live? If you're near Canning Vale then I'd suggest Tyre Power there as they're good at what they do and they're a club sponsor. If you live near Balcatta I'd suggest the Diffen's store there I think just off of Erindale Rd there. Frank the Seth Efrican fella is a good bloke and should look after you.

Na, get this right. Leading up to it I had two wheel alignments, both which i told them to have a good look at my bushes and suspension components. The first one did ok for about 2000 kays, then lost alignment again, and the second lost alignment pretty much straight away. I didn't f**k around after that with bloody tyre places, just went straight to a mechanic and told him to find out what was wrong.

Needless to say I won't go back to the place where i got the alignment done originally, they didn't even take the wheels off to take a better look!

It was scary to drive when it happened though. You'de be driving along straight, then all of a sudden the car would yank to one side and you'de have to turn the steering wheel 90 degrees to correct it!

thanks for the imput guys, i get my car back today from the panel beaters, so ill give them a check:)

thanks alot

Agreed

another shameless vote here for wilkos suspension..... Always looked after mine.... Top blokes too- theyre my neighbours. ....

They actually tracked down my AMG quakes when everywhere else said they'd sold out indefinately.... (this was years ago) They got me a hell good deal too...

They def know their s***.....and good prices as well.....