i have an 01 itr and my setup is skunk2 springs with soon to have tokico illuminas and a front skunk 2 camber kit...me and my friend are going to put it all on and then im going to go get it aligned and the camber adjusted and i was wanting to know how low you can go with the camber adjusted???

thanks

 

Camber don't wear tires...

Toe does.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dave_B &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Camber don't wear tires...

Toe does.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Not true...

OP, why don't you just put the suspension on and find out, it's worthless asking that kind of question...

 

Ok fine... mostly true...

More often than not though, it's the toe, not camber that people complain about causing premature tire wear.

 

If your tires look like... ....../ /..........\ \..... you're going to get a ton of premature tire wear on the insides of the tires.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JjuuN R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If your tires look like... ....../..........\..... you're going to get a ton of premature tire wear on the insides of the tires.</TD></TR></TABLE>

But when your driving...

The go / / or \ \ and so forth with turns...

Now if they are \ /

 

Engrish?

 

I say, lower your car until your ground clearance is down to about 1-2 mm and see how well it works.

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Dave's right. Yes, camber can cause uneven wear, but it's not usually as dramatic as the uneven and rapid treadwear that a toe misadjustment can cause.

 

I know exactly what both excessive negative camber wear and excessive toe-in or toe-out wear look like on a tire, I just don't see how that's true...

I've ran -3.5F/-2.5R for years in the camber department, and all of my dozen or so sets of tires I've been through on the R were wore due to the negative camber wear...

 

How long were you on the tires before you noticed wear?

FWIW, I had an almost new tire (RR) and a toe issue. The tire lasted 2 weeks.

Cory, you are correct in some ways too... if after 15k miles on a set of tires you notice the insides are bald and outside still have tread that would be from camber.

 

hha ok sorry guys ill just throw it on and put it right at the tire where i want it and go get it aligned and the camber adjusted

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dave_B &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How long were you on the tires before you noticed wear?

FWIW, I had an almost new tire (RR) and a toe issue. The tire lasted 2 weeks.

Cory, you are correct in some ways too... if after 15k miles on a set of tires you notice the insides are bald and outside still have tread that would be from camber.</TD></TR></TABLE>

and thats the problem i had on my silver ls previous to my itr now and thats why i bought the camber kit

 

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Exactly...

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dave_B &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Cory, you are correct in some ways too... if after 15k miles on a set of tires you notice the insides are bald and outside still have tread that would be from camber.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Haha Dave, try around 5000 miles.

That's just what happens when you run tires with 200-260+ tread wear with negative camber.

I could get a cheaper, longer lasting, harder compound tire, but naaaw...

 

That's not to bad then. My 2 weeks was around 400 or so miles. It was BAD!!!!!

new RR trailing arm and I was good to go.

 

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^ ??

 

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^ ??</TD></TR></TABLE>

When I bought my FBP DD, it had a RR tire wear issue.

It wasn't until I started measuring things and comparing sides that I came to the conclusion that the trailing arm itself was bent and causing my tire issue.

I replace the RR trailing arm and had the car aligned once more and all was good.

 

Ahhh ok, see that's something I can't do, it's just me I guess, if I had to replace just one side, both sides would get brand new...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JjuuN R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ahhh ok, see that's something I can't do, it's just me I guess, if I had to replace just one side, both sides would get brand new...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Bushings and such were replaced on both sides for "freshen" it up. But a piece of metal IMO isn't a wear item so I didn't replace both. Only one was bent.

 

I know, I'm just a very symmetrical type of person.