Noticed my rear tyre's are wearing on the outside shoulder!

I thought it would be the other way round as the car is lowered

Running a rarb - does this mean im going too hard round the twisties

The difference is minimal its just a pest as will need replacing quicker (around 2/3mm difference to the inside shoulder)

Would camber shims be a solution? (Run 0.5 degree negative camber)

Cheers

Looking at the top pick the camber doesn't look right.

Was this touched after lowering as just like you I'd expect camber to have gone the other way and wear the insides.

I lowered the car myself!

Rear beam hasn't been jacked in my ownership.

Also its running 15mm spacers on the rear and 12mm on the front so possibly makes it look a little more awkward??

Might just whack some camber shims on it! My driving is wild so possibly its me pushing the car and the arb too much and the outside walls biting into the tarmac??

check the toe-in on rears too, my old Jeep Grand Cherokee ate it's rears in a similar fashion, turned out the PO had done a bodge wheel alignment on it. had it reset by a reputable shop and problem solved.

mk4 platform do this when lowered mate, as the arms roll up to stop tyres catching front of arch, toeing in horribly.

there is a solution i saw on another forum similar to camber shims. Its like a blue plastic stuff, you remove the hub and put this behind but whith the camber shim towrds the front instead of the top .5 of a degree is usually enough to straighten it up.

You dont want it totally true though as you lose some stability, a mm or 2 toe in halps keep the car steady

Edited 14 May, 201313 yr by Lofty79

Is this a torsion beam car or a multi-link one?

Is this a torsion beam car or a multi-link one?

Same stylee as the octavia mk1 / golf mk4

I think its a torsion beam

That looks like a VAG torsion beam, in which case the rear geometry doesn't change with ride height.

Its a seat leon so it is VAG?

From what i remember i had a car that was towing out once and it scrubbed the whole tyre not just the outside?

hows your tyre pressure mate, might be the simple things

sometimes runflats look ok at 10 psi

Its a seat leon so it is VAG?

Yes.

I'm fairly sure that someone (I think maybe Ford) has made a torsion beam where camber increases as the suspension compresses (or if you fir lower springs).

hows your tyre pressure mate, might be the simple things

sometimes runflats look ok at 10 psi

Not actually checked in a while to be fair!

On the to do list

Checked tyre pressure and 34psi all round

I honestly think its my driving style!

Going to order some -1 degree shims