This weekend when swapping the wheels to my Model 3 I noticed extreme wear to the inside of the front tires.
Is this an alignment issue or something else?
![alignmnet.jpg alignmnet.jpg](https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/data/attachments/576/576029-54a5e22814c79ed5a9a95089d487613a.jpg)
![knucle-wide.jpg knucle-wide.jpg](https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/data/attachments/576/576034-88eb91ffb8e467b1b7d55dec5b9a021a.jpg)
Context:
- Wheels and tires are original 20" performance PS4S
- Tires have 25,000 km on them, mostly highway
- Issue occurred in the last 1,000 km. Before, I test fitted the a set of 18" aero wheels and inspected the original performance tires and did not observe the damage
- KW v3 suspension installed at 14,000 km, lowered 1" vs stock (minimum lowering height)
- alignment performed when the shop installed the suspension, to OEM spec
- did 3 track days with the car, all on another set of semi-slicks tires
- front knuckles have some traces of rubber near the top, but that might be unrelated (scraped off rubber chunks picked up from the track on the semi-slicks?)
- I can put my finger between the tire and the front knuckle
- Put the rear tires in the front and drove for 500km, with no obvious sign of excessive inside wear
Is this an alignment issue or something else?
![front-tires2.jpg front-tires2.jpg](https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/data/attachments/576/576037-81a9e5f1afa43b81bfb16bfe8cc7f92b.jpg)
![alignmnet.jpg alignmnet.jpg](https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/data/attachments/576/576029-54a5e22814c79ed5a9a95089d487613a.jpg)
![front-left-tire-.jpg front-left-tire-.jpg](https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/data/attachments/576/576038-8f1a8256bd8e23eeb10d1f0e80c1c0b8.jpg)
![front-right-tire.jpg front-right-tire.jpg](https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/data/attachments/576/576031-1d12861f4b58fe595dbcaef55fcd18dc.jpg)
![knucle.jpg knucle.jpg](https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/data/attachments/576/576033-84facebe41100d5f5152f7e15fd24c28.jpg)
![knucle-wide.jpg knucle-wide.jpg](https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/data/attachments/576/576034-88eb91ffb8e467b1b7d55dec5b9a021a.jpg)
Context:
- Wheels and tires are original 20" performance PS4S
- Tires have 25,000 km on them, mostly highway
- Issue occurred in the last 1,000 km. Before, I test fitted the a set of 18" aero wheels and inspected the original performance tires and did not observe the damage
- KW v3 suspension installed at 14,000 km, lowered 1" vs stock (minimum lowering height)
- alignment performed when the shop installed the suspension, to OEM spec
- did 3 track days with the car, all on another set of semi-slicks tires
- front knuckles have some traces of rubber near the top, but that might be unrelated (scraped off rubber chunks picked up from the track on the semi-slicks?)
- I can put my finger between the tire and the front knuckle
- Put the rear tires in the front and drove for 500km, with no obvious sign of excessive inside wear
Last edited: