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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 02:25 PM
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i was wondering how do people get there cars ,to cave there wheels in the back ,i dropped my car and it caved a little but i kinda want a lil more cave if that make sense.
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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 04:22 PM
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adjust ur camber but that will wear ur tires faster... just an FYI
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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 06:44 PM
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thanks,even if i get it aligned
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 01:24 AM
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If you get it aligned you wont get as much camber. More negative camber = the wheel caves in more, but eats more tires
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 09:57 AM
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o ok cause i been looking at info and it say soemthign about the toe that wear you tire,from what i got from my research is that if i get negative camber (not thT AGGRESIVE) and my toe is at 0 i wont wear tires as much but it doesnt seem to make sense because the more camber u have the more the tire are getting wear on them
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 10:08 AM
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Thats true that toe is what mainly eats your tire. When you run camber, you're only letting so much amount of tire touch the ground, since its "caved" in part of the tire isn't making contact with the ground. Where as no camber has more contact with the ground thus giving you more tirelife.
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 11:08 AM
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yea instead of switching rims around to get even wear ur gunna have to physically take the tire off and switch it to the other side of the car... hopefully im explaining myself so its understandable.
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 11:58 AM
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yeah i understand perfectly,im just trying to get anice stance and also tryignt o save a little tire life but i have to pic one or the other. thanks for the input helped me out a lot ,stillw aitign fro somone on here to make adjustable arms to get negative camber so i gt a good while before i make a decisons
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you can still get a good amount of tire life out of the tires. once it starts wearing pretty good, you can always have the tires swapped to the other side of the car
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by IXI187IXI
you can still get a good amount of tire life out of the tires. once it starts wearing pretty good, you can always have the tires swapped to the other side of the car
i like they way you think..lol sound like a good option.

another question do people usally make the front tire flush or does that go negative camber aswell?
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