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Ross_Dawg 10-21-2009 10:27 AM

remember implementing a little bit of neg camber will help you clear the fender as well. You shouldnt need a pull if you do that. I demand moar pics! :D:

2tone 10-21-2009 10:41 AM

ha ha, ok i'll try to take some. i'm just so lazy once i get home and park her...i had to let the shop drive my car (normally i don't let them!) and it really looks meaner than i realize. going that wide was a great choice i must say!!

won't camber adversely affect tire wear though? do i just need to rotate more often?

Chris 10-21-2009 12:06 PM

camber is going to start killing tread wear but thats all part of owning aggressive wheels :rofl:

Ross_Dawg 10-21-2009 12:11 PM

If you stay within reason < -2.2 etc and you rotate tires ever 3k miles you wont really have that much more wear than normal

RickA 10-21-2009 12:29 PM

Trade-offs are part of life man... if you want to have an aggressive-looking car you're gonna pay for an aggressive-looking car

2tone 10-21-2009 12:51 PM


Originally Posted by RickA (Post 3288695)
Trade-offs are part of life man... if you want to have an aggressive-looking car you're gonna pay for an aggressive-looking car

agreed, but the question i was aiming towards was would it be better to mess w/ camber or pay to pull/flare my fenders. the body work might be more now, but in the long run wouldn't that be better than negatively affecting tire wear?

besides, i wouldn't mind a little wider rear :boink:

chris__n 10-21-2009 01:16 PM

camber doesn't necessarily wear as much as toe does, but toe changes in response to camber change. so if you increase neg camber please go get an alignment to correct the toe.

tire wear should be same --unless you sit there and do a burn out then it will wear more on the inside for obvious reasons.

tiltmode43 10-23-2009 01:31 PM

I'm a believer that camber will indeed wear your tires faster, regardless that others say its solely dependent on toe. Toe will increase the wear by far, but I don't personally think it's the only cause of increased wear.

Rotating your tires only helps so much, after all you're still going to be on the same shoulder.

How comfortable are you with tires? Drive yours for a while with a certain degree of camber and note the wear. If its too extreme, take other means necessary.

ChristInBen 10-27-2009 09:15 PM

Sick rims bro! Does anyone have any pics of how these rims would look like on a VR?

Bullitt 10-27-2009 09:35 PM

They're okay, I guess, if you like that sorta thing. Which means they're killer and I wish I had 'em.


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