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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 01:33 PM
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This is only maybe 3 months at the max of not getting an alignment and not adjusting my camber *(AWARE THAT IT WAS TOE NOW)* in the front after lowering my car



Not to mention, my lug key is stripped and getting the wheel off was quite an adventure. Procrastinating is bad!

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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 01:47 PM
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I had it worse, after 2 weeks tire is gone. Same problem what you had, I fixed it with alignment and now no problems
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 01:50 PM
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that's not camber wear on that tire, that's definetly toe wear from like you mentioned not having a good alignment..

I feel your pain though, my first SC i learned the first lesson eating through a new set of tires in a month and a half..

don't know if it's the weight of the car or what but SC's/GS's/LS's without a descent alignment will eat through tires soooooo fast lowered ...
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 01:56 PM
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Yeah, I am definitely going to be frequent with alignments now. My back tires are almost gone too and driving in the rain has become a daunting task
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 02:35 PM
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well at least those tires are cheaper to replace then low profiles. Happens to a lot of people thought when they first lower their car
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 02:39 PM
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ouch!! it happens to everyone.. i know it happened to me
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 03:58 PM
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Wow! That's some serious wear! I lowered my car back in the middle of July and I put some newer tires in the rear on and 1,500 miles later they're almost bald. Now my SC slides around on dry, pothole free roads and it's pretty scary. I've held out on an alignment due to me changing suspension setups three times in a one month period.
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 04:15 PM
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I thought replacing my tires after a year was bad. Now I know there is something worse. I would keep a eye on that from now on. Spend money of mods, not tires!
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 04:53 PM
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that is some serious wear.
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 04:59 PM
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Toe killed that, not camber.
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 05:35 PM
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God Dame i just got new tires and just after i did i got my alignment done just to make sure.
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 05:48 PM
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I did the same..... slammed mine and ruined new rear tires in about 800 miles.
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 07:10 PM
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same slammed my sc, raised it another inch was so much happier with the tire wear
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