Uneven tire wear (camber issues) when lowering
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Uneven tire wear (camber issues) when lowering
Trying to clarify this. Is it true that if I lower my GS400 w/Eibach pro-kit or Tanabe NF210, my camber will not be able to be adjusted within stock perferred specs and will therefore have uneven tire wear? Tryed to search this but it's still unclear. If so I see a rear camber kit and rca's available. Do I need these? And what about the front. Thanks guys as I don't want uneven tire wear, my pockets aren't very deep.
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why does everyone freak out about 'uneven tyre wear' ?
seriously the thing that kills tyres is TOE. Camber is no big deal. I have had around -3 degress of camber all round as my car is slammed as low as i can get it on my coilovers. I have 19x9 and 19x10 wheels with stretched tyres. I have had my wheels and tyres on the car for about 18mths of daily driving (approx 12-15,000miles) and i havent even flipped the tyres from left to right yet. (just coming up for it now).
All you need to do is as soon as you change anything on the suspension make sure you get an alignment within a few days or so. Ensure your tyres are always at an appropriate pressure, and you will be fine.
At the end of the day, 'uneven' tyre wear is a bit of a myth unless you have whacked out specs or LOADS of camber i.e. -5ish +.
Really even if you wear out the inner say 80% of your tyre and not 100% of its surface, it is unlikely it will wear an inordinate amount of time quicker than if it had 100% surface being worn. So you will need to change it regardless anyway, just because every last cm of the tyre isnt bare doesnt mean it wouldnt have worn out at that time anyway for all intents and purposes.
My opinion is dont stress!
seriously the thing that kills tyres is TOE. Camber is no big deal. I have had around -3 degress of camber all round as my car is slammed as low as i can get it on my coilovers. I have 19x9 and 19x10 wheels with stretched tyres. I have had my wheels and tyres on the car for about 18mths of daily driving (approx 12-15,000miles) and i havent even flipped the tyres from left to right yet. (just coming up for it now).
All you need to do is as soon as you change anything on the suspension make sure you get an alignment within a few days or so. Ensure your tyres are always at an appropriate pressure, and you will be fine.
At the end of the day, 'uneven' tyre wear is a bit of a myth unless you have whacked out specs or LOADS of camber i.e. -5ish +.
Really even if you wear out the inner say 80% of your tyre and not 100% of its surface, it is unlikely it will wear an inordinate amount of time quicker than if it had 100% surface being worn. So you will need to change it regardless anyway, just because every last cm of the tyre isnt bare doesnt mean it wouldnt have worn out at that time anyway for all intents and purposes.
My opinion is dont stress!
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Assuming your bushings and everything else is fine, the stock camber/toe adjustments are more than enough to get you back to "OEM spec", at least with the Eibach springs. With the NF210, your front camber may be slightly more negative, but even then it's not going to wear out your tire heavily.
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i had un-even tyre wear on my GS when it was lowered,was about 3"'s lower than stock thanks to coilovers
ended up killing the inner's off and had a puncture,raised the car a tad and fitted the RCA's that i had laying about for 3 months,and an alignment later car was spot on again and no tyre wear issues...
IMO,get a set of front RCA's,i didn't fit rear RCA's,never had any,but did about 8000miles and no extra/uneven wear on rear's
ended up killing the inner's off and had a puncture,raised the car a tad and fitted the RCA's that i had laying about for 3 months,and an alignment later car was spot on again and no tyre wear issues...
IMO,get a set of front RCA's,i didn't fit rear RCA's,never had any,but did about 8000miles and no extra/uneven wear on rear's
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