Help Car is slammed, and tires are eaten, what do I need to fix this.
08-12-2010, 07:40 PM
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Car is slammed, and tires are eaten, what do I need to fix this.
My car is slammed where there is no gap, however my tireswear is abysmal. It's only been 2 months, and my tread has dropped 2/10ths. My rear camber is pushing 3 degrees, and my front is over 2.
Camber plates, toe bolts, etc, all of this stuff is making my head spin. So what will I need to get me back into tolerable treadwear?
Camber plates, toe bolts, etc, all of this stuff is making my head spin. So what will I need to get me back into tolerable treadwear?
08-12-2010, 08:02 PM
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My car is slammed where there is no gap, however my tireswear is abysmal. It's only been 2 months, and my tread has dropped 2/10ths. My rear camber is pushing 3 degrees, and my front is over 2.
Camber plates, toe bolts, etc, all of this stuff is making my head spin. So what will I need to get me back into tolerable treadwear?
Camber plates, toe bolts, etc, all of this stuff is making my head spin. So what will I need to get me back into tolerable treadwear?
08-12-2010, 08:02 PM
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You'll need to raise the car up at least a little to get good tire wear, if you want to be in the weeds you'll have to learn to eat through tires very quickly.
You near a rear camber/toe kit and a front camber kit to get your car closer to ideal alignment spec. But as I said, if you are that low it will help but still not get the toe/camber back to normal - just closer.
SPC makes them both.
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You near a rear camber/toe kit and a front camber kit to get your car closer to ideal alignment spec. But as I said, if you are that low it will help but still not get the toe/camber back to normal - just closer.
SPC makes them both.
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08-12-2010, 08:08 PM
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Hmm I've aligned the car twice already. Once right after I dropped it, and the second time a few weeks later after the suspension has settled (I have lifetime alignment). I wonder what could have knocked it out of whack.
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08-12-2010, 08:09 PM
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Yes +1 on SPC camber kits they are highly recomended w H&R or Tein S tech drop, even w Coilovers wich I'm Not sure you have def get them ... Im on S techs and have no inmer tire wear thanks to my SPC F+R camber kits and also SPC rear camber should also come w toe bolts if not get them. I'm within specs w Zero issues !
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I'm probably like you, lowered on coilovers with the wheels a bit tucked under all around. Without camber kits, my camber was way off all around, but Firestone was able to always get the toe to zero. I installed SPL rear camber arms and they got the camber back to spec, but the toe they couldn't get close to zero. I'll put in toe bolts, but it seems to be a trade off. At this height, they'll have to put the camber out of spec a little bit so that the toe can be close to zero with the toe bolts installed. Unfortunately, SPL's toe bolts only offer 1 degree of correction. I highly recommend the SPL rear camber arms because the adjustability and you can tell right away by looking at them that they're top notch. You can install them yourself, it's pretty straight forward. If you have pneumatic tools it makes it a lot easier. Just make sure you torque the bolts to correct torque specs. Good luck with that.