i did a search and found nothing regarding my specific question.

i just got 17's wrapped in toyo fz4 (300 treadwear) on my 5th gen. my car is dropped approx. 2" on gc w/ koni sports. From a glance you can't tell the rims are slanted. i went to get an alignment and the ppl told me it was pointless unless i had a camber kit. CAMBER KITS ARE EXPENSIVE. plus from the look of it, the fronts are about .5-1 degree off, and the rear are about 1.5 degrees off. they don't look bad at all... i drive like a responsible conservative adult, but i do make hard turns from time to time... my specific question is:

HOW MANY MILES CAN I GO BEFORE I NEED TO REPLACE THE TIRES??? please give me a good guess, that will be good enough for me. Thanks.

 

I guess it just depends on how hard you drive and so on, im not really sure how big of a deal that would make, i didnt have a camber kit on my accord and the camber was noticably off, i drove on Kuhmo 712 pretty hard for about 6 months until i sold the wheels. A camber kit shouldnt be too expensive.

 

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I just got an alignment, still wears the tires out evenly.

 

I used one full set of tires, kumho 712-205/55/15s, without a camber kit and they lasted 7 months and roughly 15k miles. I have a similar drop with an eibach pro kit and neuspeed/koni yellows. I do notice the tires are lasting longer now since I've installed the ingalls kit up front. The rears don't really wear that quickly.

 

Make sure your toe is in check. It's not camber that does the most damage...it's toe AND camber...

David

 

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just 15,000 miles???

that's really bad... i'm in so much **** then... tires are expensive too!!!

anyone else have different outcome???

 

yeah, that toe will wear a tire out in like 1k or 2k miles if it was as off as mine was after i replaced the boots on my steering rack.

 

Mine are decently worn on the insides and I've had my setup in since last september and driven about 9k miles. Time for a skunk2 camber kit w\ 2 new front tires :\