OK, before the flaming begins, I understand that the Advans wear very quickly- accepted fact of Evo ownership.

So, I'm under the car today changing the oil for the second time (4200 miles) and "Holy ****e!" the inside tread block on each of the front tires is down to 1/32. The wear is even on both sides and the other tires still look new, including the other 4 blocks on the front tires.

My question is- Was this an improper alignment from the factory or is this completely my fault? The car is used as a DD, usually with less than 20 miles per day(purchased in Sept 06), very few high speed turns, mostly <50 mph. The car is completely stock.

I've owned several high HP cars in the past and never had this problem before.

Ideas?

 

Sometimes they don't come from the dealer with a proper alignment. You should also rotate them as often as possible.

 

May have been improper factory alignment. We normally come with -1* camber up front but our camber bolts have the ability to go to -2*. Check toe as well as that tends to eat tires the most.

 

Sounds like a bad alignment to me .... Is the car lowered?

 

I had the same issue (not as extreme), but still very frustrating...I rotated my tires at 5K and the inside fronts were basically gone...A friend had an identical situation as well, so it is definitely an issue with the Evo....Some say that if the toe is just slightly off that it will destroy the tires....Neither mine nor my friends car's were out of factory spec alignment....I will get another alignment before the next set of tires and see what can be done....Good luck

 

Nope.

The car is completely stock.

 

This is correct. My OZ Lancer had incorrect allignment from the factory. I bought it with 6 miles on it and within 3k the front tires were half way burnt..... Got it fixed under warranty.

 

Get an alignment with custom specs, the manufacturers range is often very broad.

 

off topic but you can save yourself some time and a decent amount of money

oil is good for 5k so unless you track the car or drive it really hard

so take it easy with the oil changes

 

Im sure ive read its best to change the oil on the evo around 1-2k.. then start the usual oil changes..

 

I have found regular tire rotations will help tire wear alot.

 

He's got a new car - he's doing a right thing changing the oil that often for the start. Also regular (meaning non-senthetic) oil is good for 3K, not 5K

 

I noticed this too on the inside of my front right tire and got it replaced. I don't know why I didn't check the front left, sounds like it could have the same problem.

 

There are many threads about this, just search and you will see. The car comes with toe-in from the factory (helps give the car razor-sharp steering response), just take it to have it aligned and dial out the toe-in.

 

My stock tires are exactly like that the inside block just vanishes, its no big deal though these tires dont last long enough for there to be a problem with it anyway