Sounds like a toe-in problem.
Crash
> I now have almost 5000 miles on my restored stock Bugeye and I am going
> to rotate the tires. Upon inspection of the front tires, the outside
> inch and a half or so is worn down and slightly cupped. Is this normal
> for the Bugeye? Should I just rotate the tires more often? When the
> car was in the body shop for restoration the front frame rails were
> found to be bent to the point that the bonnet locating pins would not go
> in the hole at the end of the rails. The body shop guy said he bent the
> one that was bent back so all would line up. I understand that the
> front rail are bent in a specific way to create a 3 degree camber angle
> on the front end. Would straitening out the ends of the rails that
> protrude in front of the radiator mess with this? Or do I just have to
> live with this kind of tire wear?
> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
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