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eclipserstturboFeb-10-11 11:58 PM
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#33196, "Alignment issues"




          

I have a 95' Talon, currently lowered on dropzone 2" lowering springs on stock struts, 215/45-17s. I had the same setup on my eclipse. On the eclipse, my tires would last about a year to a year and a half. Bought some lowering springs from a guy already assembled on stock struts and started eating rear tires every 6 months on the talon. When I switched the dropzones to the talon, it's the same life on the tires, around 6 months.

I've noticed that I have a wierd clunk noise coming from the rear driver side on every bump. Car doesn't bottom out unless I hit one of virginia's many potholes. It's kind of faint, but even cruising down the interstate I can still hear it. I tried bouncing the back to see where the noise was coming from and it looks/ sounds like the upper strut cushion.

So, question is, would that cause my alignment to be that far off. I know my camber is really, really... really bad to begin with, which I plan on doing the rear camber mod to correct some of that, but I've been putting it off since that's my daily driver due to a clogged heater core on the turbo, and my free time is very limited.

To sum it all up, brand new rear driver tire is lasting around 3-4 months, rear passenger around 6 months, and the front two tires, around a year. I have to do the camber mod, but what else can I check that could make a faint clunk noise and cause me to eat tires more than twice as fast. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Alignment issues [View all] , eclipserstturbo, Feb-10-11 11:58 PM
  RE: Alignment issues, AdministratorCODE4, Feb-11-11 04:39 AM, #1
RE: Alignment issues, eclipserstturbo, Feb-15-11 10:57 PM, #2
      RE: Alignment issues, AdministratorCODE4, Feb-16-11 07:46 AM, #3

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