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Hey guys 2 months ago I bought a pair of tyres for my R33 GTST from Tempe Tyres in Sydney. I got a pair of Kumho 255/40/17 KU31 tyres for $350 fitted and balanced. After purchasing the tyres, I requested for a wheel alignment and got quoted $70. I thought it was a decent price and went ahead with it.

2 months down the road, which is now, I realized my rear tyres (the KU 31s) were wearing out really quickly. It was down to about 60% tread. I was shocked as I had never been to the track, I don't thrash my car around doing burn outs and I travel only 20-30kms a day tops. A mate of mine who bought the exact same tyre as me just a week before I did still had heaps of tread left on his tyre.

So I brought my car to another tyre place to check my wheel alignment. When I was there, the alignment guy told me I had excessive toe in on my rear tyres which caused them to wear out prematurely. In fact, he found out that I had just over 20mm toe in in the rear tyres. When I found out, I was bloody pissed. I had paid $70 to get an alignment done at Tempe Tyres and this was the kinda shit alignment they gave me.

So to prevent all you fellow skyline owners from being in my position, this is a heads up for you guys. Go ahead and buy your tyres from Tempe Tyres.

JUST DO NOT GET AN ALIGNMENT THERE!!

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I didn't know about the excessive toe in until I went to the other tyre place after which the guy fixed up for me. After I got the toe in corrected, I can't possibly go to Tempe Tyres and tell them, "Hey, you screwed up my alignment and I got it fixed by someone else." You know what I mean?

I mean, I really can't trust Tempe Tyres to do an alignment anymore.

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Did you get a report from the other mob?

That will show Tempe that they botched the job. You never know man, they may do something to help out.

It's better than throwing your money away.

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I never let ANY tyre shops do my wheel alignments. They are the roughest Bastards.

Years ago I had a Well known Tyre shop do an alignment on an XE Foulcan. I drove out feeling good but after driving over some potholed roads I noticed the steering position had changed. So pissed off I got the car up onto a hoist to discover they had stripped the eccentric camber bolt and it was moving freely..Well I went back their after Blood and the morons tried to tell me that the car was like that before they started...Bullshit artists

I had steering work plus alignment done by East coast suspensions in kirrawee ( streets away from Just Jap ) They did the best job I had ever done..So I dont really care that they are so far away .That is the only place I will go to.

I just dont get it with Sydney,

Almost impossible to find a reputable shop who can do a simple thing as a proper wheel align

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Did you get a report from the other mob?

That will show Tempe that they botched the job. You never know man, they may do something to help out.

It's better than throwing your money away.

The other mechanic I went to for a 2nd wheel alignment was using the old school system of light beams which aimed onto a chart. So he coudn't do a print out.

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yeah i got mine balanced and aligned from a rim shop..tyres have last me about 2 months exact pretty much now i need a new pair..i have about 2-3mm of tread groove on them. then there gonna be semi slicks lol

i think i need a camber kit aswel though

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All you Onevia drivers do is crash cars, beg for money, and fail at grammar and punctuation on your websites.

LOL good one!

Is your car lowered? If so there is so much adjustament that can be done. Worse comes to worst and if your car IS lowered you need adjustable camber arms.

A cheaper option will be camber bushes.

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