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Rgenender Writes:

"2002 SC430. Have less than 14K miles on it and have had it in for all

service intervals. In the last 4K miles, or so, the inner treads on both

rear tires have become bald, while the rest of each tire has

progressively more tread as you go from inner tread to outer tread. The outer

tread appears to have very little wear. After about 5K miles, a man pulled

up to me at a light and said that my rear wheels looked like they were

bowing out on the bottom.

I keep the tires at between 37 and 38 psi.

I know that the rear suspension has negative camber, but could it be so

bad as to produce this kind of wear? Lexus dealer says that they have

seen this before, but want to track it in future.

Could their alignment machine be miscalibrated? They say impossible."

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UCF3

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1992 SC 300 - 142K

- third owner, bought the car with 60K

- Mods: lowered 1.5 inches, 95 SC 400 wheels

- Problems:

-- power steering hose (not the pump) leaked. the hose cost $900 to replace and fix, since it was one of those steel tube type hoses

-- since the power steering fluid was leaking, it caused the alternator to go ou, which was another $800

-- driver's side window regulator went out - dealer fixed for about $225

-- high beams are stuck on - so i took the lightbulbs out

-- instrument cluster needles are out (1-2 of them)

-- climate control has middle light out

these problems have been over the course of 7 years, so it isn't as bad as it sounds. the car still runs very well.

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