unexpected camber wear
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unexpected camber wear
im dropped about 1.7" on coilovers, koni struts, still rocking the alloy wheels (195/60/15) and have a rear camber kit.
i didnt notice until after a road trip that i was getting some slight negative camber wear on my rear tires. the outer part seems to be wearing quicker than usual.
i wanted to know if it could be because of i havent done the alignment or maybe my rear tires have too much air pressure? my front doesnt have a camber kit and they have more meat than my rear tires do
i didnt notice until after a road trip that i was getting some slight negative camber wear on my rear tires. the outer part seems to be wearing quicker than usual.
i wanted to know if it could be because of i havent done the alignment or maybe my rear tires have too much air pressure? my front doesnt have a camber kit and they have more meat than my rear tires do
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a camber kit isnt going to do anything for your car if its not aligned to work. if you put on the camberkit and didnt get it aligned how do you plan on the camber kit to not wear your tires down?
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Rep Power: 0 you are no doubt butt-raping all four of your tires. after I dropped mine on neuspeed sports, I asked the alignment guy to see the specs (I was curious how far out it was). It was between -4 and +1 out on all four tires (WAY OFF). get that thing aligned before you wreck.
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Rep Power: 322 I did awesome for eyeballing it when I installed mine. All mine were cambered out -1.5 degrees, cept for the passenger front, which was at 1.6. The toe is what was bad, each wheel was between -.4 and -.5.
You need to get that alignment done ASAP.
You need to get that alignment done ASAP.
Why do the work if you arent going to finish it. Get a freaking allignment. Sheesh 
04-17-2006
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Originally Posted by D17thgen
im dropped about 1.7" on coilovers, koni struts, still rocking the alloy wheels (195/60/15) and have a rear camber kit.
i didnt notice until after a road trip that i was getting some slight negative camber wear on my rear tires. the outer part seems to be wearing quicker than usual.
i wanted to know if it could be because of i havent done the alignment or maybe my rear tires have too much air pressure? my front doesnt have a camber kit and they have more meat than my rear tires do
i didnt notice until after a road trip that i was getting some slight negative camber wear on my rear tires. the outer part seems to be wearing quicker than usual.
i wanted to know if it could be because of i havent done the alignment or maybe my rear tires have too much air pressure? my front doesnt have a camber kit and they have more meat than my rear tires do
Thats not Camber wear, thats Toe Wear... and bad toe settings will eat tires 10X faster then just about any amount of camber. (outer shoulder wear indicates that the car is toe'd in.)
04-19-2006
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thats like installing fogs but not grounding them, just to short the fuse for fun
thats like installing fogs but not grounding them, just to short the fuse for fun
Last edited by WhiteHalf; 04-19-2006 at 07:30 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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