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Tire wear?


reepsmac
08-03-2003, 08:41 AM
Around how much of a tires life is taken away when you lower your car and is it worth the cash to buy a camber kit to fix it?

kwik46
08-03-2003, 11:33 AM
Yea man, it is worth it to buy a camber kit. Think about it...you can get a decent camber kit for $100-$200 that is permanent. By not fixing your camber angles, you are forcing about 10-20% contact patch to do all of the work that normally is done by the whole contact patch. This causes your tires to wear out very quickly. I have seen tires wear through to the cords on the inside of the tire and have nearly new tread on the outside. If you figure that you can get a set of tires to last twice as long as they would have without the camber kit, then the kit has already payed for itself.

Another tip: If you are lowering your car by extreme amounts you may not want to fix the camber issue without checking what clearance issues you might have eg: tire to fender.

reepsmac
08-05-2003, 08:20 PM
Thanks for the info

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