Camber Issues

[ricehunter]

Hey All,

It seems liek the inside of my tires seem to be bald(very close to the chord), when the rest of the tire looks brand new. I know the car's been lowered, cause there's coilovers on all four. I was wondering how can I adjust my camber to help the tires...

[yokotabrat]

More than likely it's a front toe problem. You'll want to get an alignment before you lose a tire while driving.

[ricehunter]

So I'm guessing I should go get new tires then get them alighned. Anyone know of some good sticky tires that I can get (untill I have to put on my steelies and snow tires)

[Cloud]

Depending on how low it is you may need aftermarket adjustable bits to get your camber where you want it but toe is what eats tires 99% of the time. If you fix that you should be just dandy.

[ricehunter]

I believe these have the camber adjustment kit already, but I've been told it's most likely alignment

[Cloud]

I believe these have the camber adjustment kit already, but I've been told it's most likely alignment

Yes well.. camber and toe are both parts of your alignment ;) It's the toe part that is chewing your tires up, period. A good alignment will fix that.

[ricehunter]

well my brother helped me align my tires (they had a toe out of 3/4") so we toe'd them in 1/8" as soon as I can find 20 lug nuts to fit the stock rims I can put on my brother's old wheels so I don't have to worry about the tires for a little bit.

[Cloud]

1/8" of toe will still cause wear on the street but no where near as bad as 3/4" that is horrid! I try to stay as close to 0 toe as possible on my cars, it wanders a little bit but turn in is better and it wears perfectly evenly.

[ricehunter]

well, i thnk that was as close as we were going to get it the other night... The tires are already phucked and I'm just looking for those lugnuts so I can put on the replacement wheels (for the time being)

[ktiedt]

I thought you took it to Firestone Nic? Why do you need different lugs for your old wheels?

[ricehunter]

well I didn't have the money for firestone, and I can't really deny a free alighnent from someone who has 10+ years of experiance with these cars. The lugs that are on my car now look like they won't go on the stock rims (think its the depth or something)

[ktiedt]

I may have a set of stock lugs... I forget if I got them when I bought my second set of wheels/tires.....

[cotsi95]

the reason you car had such bad toe problem is the guy that owned it before you used it for autocross only and didnt daily drive it from what i remember. Go on awdpirates and ask him for a mod list of what he had done to the car.

[ricehunter]

Yea, his name is Dylan, I shot him a message, but i don't think I asked about that. I can defineatly tell that the suspention is a race setup (lol)