Originally posted by crank: That might explain why I had the inside of 98 mystique passenger tire go bald to steel belt even after a recent wheel alignment.  I was told that these cars are hard to align!! (fact or fiction) You decide  Same thing happened to my tire, but on the inside edge of the driver's side tire. I thought it was strange since the car at the time drove straight as an arrow, yet there was no denying there was an alignment problem looking at the tire wear. Now I know why it ate that tire. Why Ford used rubber bushings on the control arms is beyond me. Seems to me urethane bushings were in order there.
'96 Contour SE, black / opal grey, MTX, every option, KKM intake, resonator removed, Flowmaster Series 40 DeltaFlow, GoodYear Eagle HP's, 115k miles, new paint 7/01. Driven cross-country 4 times.
'70 Corvette Stingray Coupe, Cortez Silver, 454 bored to 462, Muncie M21, too many mods to list, lots of fun. 335 rwhp / 365 rwtq
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