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[Osprey]

 Here's hoping!

 

[Ian_D]

I've just gone and bought a pair too 

[Ian_D]

I went the first time because the tyres were wearing,,,,,,, bought new tyres, wishbones, droplinks, steering idler + 4 dampers & springs & noticed the new tyres were wearing on the outside after a few thousand miles
Went back & explained the situation. They did it again but this time the steering wheel wasn't straight,,, really annoying
The tyres are now nearly knackered on the outside but have about 5mm tread across the rest.
Waste of £120

Ime...I think fitting new springs can cause the outside wear on the front. Springs take a time to settle to their specific ride hight. How long? who knows, but I guess about a month should see most of the settling done.
Reason it causes outer edge wear is the omega is very sensative to ride hight because it affects the camber setting, increasing camber as the ride hight lowers. Excessive camber causes INSIDE edge wear. But here's the thing, as i understand it, when camber increases this affects the toe setting, causing toe in UNLESS the track rods are shortened to retrieve correct toe setting again.

Think along the lines of, if the top of the wheels lean in, then the steering tie rods have to be shortened as well, because they are rearward of the front axle point, leaning the wheel top in means the wheel also must toe in as well, it has to.

This is why wim deal with the omegas front settings in order of caster(subrame position, this must be correct first as altering it will cock up camber and toe, but not relevant to this issue) then camber(because leaning the wheel in affects track rod length, they need to be shortened) then last of all toe once caster and camber are correct.

Toe in has caused your outside edger wear, resulted from springs settling as they do, which increased camber which in turn caused excessive toe in. So I guess there "may" have been inside edge wear from excess camber, although probably not massive, along with outside edger wear caused by excess toe(front wheels like this / ^ \ when viewed from above arrow showing forward direction)

Hope I've explained that clearly. Understanding it us one thing, conveying it to others is quite another. 

How do you adjust the camber on the Omega? (front)

Had a quick look today while I had the front end on the stands (just done a quick oil change), but couldn't workout how you adjust it?