Weird tire wear. Cupping? What could be wrong.

For the past few months, I've been noticing that my front tires look a little funny, steering wheel shakes a little, sounds louder then normal, and they seem to wonder down the road. If you look at my picture, there are parts of tire tread that is a little darker then the rest and they won't feel smooth across when you rub you hand over it.


I know I need some new ball joints (I want some lr uca's) but have been holding off until I can afford them and just get an alignment at the time.

Any one have any ideas? Tire balance, worn OME shocks and springs, alignment issue, bad ball joints, or what?

 

I rotate my tire's all the time so I know that can't be the problem. My OME shocks are a little over 2yrs old. Could they be bad already?

 

Worn shocks or could also be alignment issue.

 

I have 881's on it

 

Your alignment is out and you need to rotate more frequently too. With larger off road tires rotating every 2000 miles is a good idea. You can buy lifetime rotate and balance from Discount Tire even if you didn't buy tires from them, it's worth it.