NEILX5 0 Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Hi Guys. Have gone through a front pair of tyres in less than 6 months. Had the tracking & camber done b4 tyres, but still drifts to the left v badly. The car is v low on fk coilovers and I just wondered if the lowness is the prob, and if so what can be done to enjoy a low car without going through tyres.Hope you can helpNeil Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 where is the wear on the tyres? Link to post Share on other sites
NEILX5 0 Posted February 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 The wear is on the inside of the tyres, totally bald Link to post Share on other sites
petervr6 0 Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 were did you have the tracking etc done? Link to post Share on other sites
NEILX5 0 Posted February 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Camber was set at Kwik Fit when they fitted the suspension Link to post Share on other sites
petervr6 0 Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 take it back mate the tyres should not have wear out in 6 months and as far as im aware kwik-fit dont do camber what branch was it. Link to post Share on other sites
petervr6 0 Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 i work for them sadly.lol not all bad though Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 take it back mate the tyres should not have wear out in 6 months and as far as im aware kwik-fit dont do camber what branch was it.iv just got through a set of front tyres on 4k miles lol eek and alot of other expressions spring to mind Link to post Share on other sites
dstyrrell 0 Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 That definatly isnt right mate, i use Yokohama which are reknowned for wearing out pretty quick had them on for a year and they still got plenty of tread, i would complain to kwik fit about the poor set up and hopefully they will replace the tyres, then you should take it to a specialists for a proper set up. Dave Link to post Share on other sites
purple highline monster 0 Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 yeah agree totally, but if you have lowered it further down than when they set it up? it will chuck all the settings out again slightly, which is enough usually to cause the problems with the tyres, take it back to "Drip fit" and see what they say, you can always blag it, the guy who set it up probably just left school or hates volkswagens or something Link to post Share on other sites
petervr6 0 Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 call headoffice mate on the back of your invoice theres a number think its 08706060654 and complain. what suspension did you have fitted must have standard as we dont do any other anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
NEILX5 0 Posted February 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 He did it for me as a favour on a Sunday, so I dont really have any come back with no reciept. The whole lot was done for £80. Link to post Share on other sites
purple highline monster 0 Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 PJ`s on a Sunday...tut tut.... still call the head office and get him goonered Link to post Share on other sites
petervr6 0 Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 sounds about right sunday flex.lol Link to post Share on other sites
mike 6 Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 yeah agree totally' date=' but if you have lowered it further down than when they set it up? it will chuck all the settings out again slightly, which is enough usually to cause the problems with the tyres, take it back to "Drip fit" and see what they say, you can always blag it, the guy who set it up probably just left school or hates volkswagens or something [/quote']didnt know that it throws it out, so you need to get tracked/camber every time u adujtthe settings Link to post Share on other sites
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