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Old 09-03-07, 07:59 AM
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I have my car dropped all the way down (F:-2.25", R:2.5"). And I love the way it looks. I told myself "blah, I'll just raise it by like 1/4-1/2" if the wear is too bad"...but now that I'm used to it being this low, I'm willing to sacrifice a little bit of tire wear for the drop.

However, camber wear scares me. I know toe has to do a lot with it, but how bad would inner tire wear be on our GSs with my drop (assuming caster and toe are within factory specs)?
Old 09-03-07, 08:10 AM
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well our 2gs got camber adj from factory, i drop my car with tanabe spring and its sit pretty low, I had my alignment tech at work did my alignment. He adjusted everything to the max, now my camber is not as bad as when I 1st drop the car.
note: i work at Town fair Tire, and we do alignment with Hunter machine
Old 09-04-07, 09:42 AM
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Mine is dropped low also w/ HKS coilovers. I do get some wear on the inner tires but its not terrible. I just flipped the tires to even it out.
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yeah, i'm a little worried about tire wear too but i know its part of the game when you want to lower your car. do any of you guys have your camber and toe specs after your dropped your car? i'm mounting my 20's next week and i plan to drop it in the 2"-3" range also. I want it barely tucking the tires. As of right now, my stock specs are

Camber F: -0.4 R: -1.0

Toe F: 0.06 R: 0.06
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best we can do is keep flipping em
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I have mine dropped pretty well on 20's. I was scared of tire wear since the tires I am running are about $450 a piece, so a total of about $1800 so I was hoping to avoid inner wear from the camber issue.

I have no tire wear after 10,000 miles. My alignment guy told me he dropped it as far as he could without getting wear issues. I think if it done right, you shouldnt have to suffer too much or at all, but there is also a limit to the drop you can run. I have less than a finger gap all around.
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