FLYT993

Any truth to MY95's eating rear tires at an increated rate relative to MY96 and above?

911-TOUR

Yes, until you have it aligned to 96+ specs.

sean

FLYT993

Thanks Sean

97Targa

Be sure that they set the kinematic toe in correctly.

Edward

Specs smecks. The TTs eat rears at an alarming rate, but methinks that has more to do with, oh, something other than alignment

Get a good alignment from a good shop that KNOWS 993s. There is a window of alignment parameters you could go with, and remember there's no "one" perfect setting as it's all a compromise between tread life and road holding. And as Craig said, kinematic toe is important, especially for rear-suspension feel/solidity during cornering. FWIW, I can get 15-18K miles on rears, combo highway and aggressive street driving, but I also don't do burnouts or stoplight battles

Edward

TheOtherEric

Kinematic toe has very little, if anything, to do with tire wear. Toe affects tire wear greatly, but not kinematic toe. Two totally different concepts.

Any alignment shop will simply know to align your car according to '96+ specs, so there really should be nothing to worry about.

RallyJon

If your kinematic toe is off it can affect under-wear.

TheOtherEric

Edward

LOL! And thanks for that correction, Eric. I "suspected" kinematic affected treadwear; thanks for clarifying. I will also be certain to check underwear periodically as this has been known to affect the butt dyno.

Edward

TheOtherEric

I think you're probably right to the extent that you track the car a lot and do heavy cornering and braking. When the vast majority of your tire wear derives from such heavy cornering & braking, KT will likely have an effect on tire wear. But for street driving it's likely negligible, at least compared to static toe.