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another set of tires bites the dust

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Old 05-27-13, 11:59 AM
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when you're lowered and the you don't have a camber kit, your inner tire tread will look like this after 15-20k miles on them.
it's a daily beater and drive the hell out of it everyday.

i ran these tires for almost 2 years and that's with tire rotation.
but recently i kept getting loss of air pressure and didn't see any nails.
the camber was the culprit......

i just picked up a new set of Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sports.
much better than the Uniroyal TigerPaw which were pretty cheap
that i just had.

so far, i've ran these tire brands since '03:

Dunlop DSST (run-craps) - factory - Piece of !@#$%
Michelin A/S (great performance tire)
Michelin Pilot Sport (great performance tire)
Bridgestone Potenza RE ??? ( i fogot the number) - really good overall
Uniroyal Tiger Paw (piece of !@#$%)
Current --> Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sports (so far so good overall)
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Old 05-27-13, 12:34 PM
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Are you running the TRD 18" wheels?
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yes. i am.
Old 05-27-13, 03:59 PM
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Here is another member's experience (antigeek).
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc-...ked-didnt.html
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I was thinking of dropping the ride too. Megan springs should give it 1.5" drop and use of a wheel spacer to pop the tires out more.

How is yours set up?
Old 05-28-13, 10:39 AM
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so if you don't get the camber kit, you are just running on the inside of the tire. Assuming you don't buy directional tires, could you then have the tires dismounted and flipped to double your life?
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