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Old 12-05-10, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by e60
nice! did you recently get air?
Thanks. Yeah, about 3 months ago. Hows your car comin along?

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OH GOD, your car looks so cool!

I think I saw you on the street once, love your car!
thanks! if you see me again.. chunk up the deuce!
Old 12-05-10, 11:00 PM
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How often do you go thru tires?
Old 12-06-10, 02:34 AM
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looks good bro, how long have you had those wheels? not sure if it was you but seen one at sac a month ago with stock wheels.
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Originally Posted by rapollon
How often do you go thru tires?
Before UAS, I would flip the rears once a month, and it would only last about 8 to 10 wks.. I drive a lot. the fronts would last a little longer. but since I got bags, I usually drive higher so its been lasting me longer. this set of tires I've had on the car for 3 months, shows signs of camber wear, but not anywear as bad as before when I would ride dumped everywhere I go on coilovers..

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looks good bro, how long have you had those wheels? not sure if it was you but seen one at sac a month ago with stock wheels.
Thanks! These wheels I had for about 3+ months. If it was on TT wheels, it was me, or if you seen it with Amistads, AMEs, Work Meisters S1s, Volk TE37s, Work Equips, its the same GS. lol. I remember talking to you for a quick sec at sac a while back.
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Hey scott,

Are those new wheels you picked up? I just received the wheels I bought from you from the shipping company. I love it. I'll post some pictures once i get them mounted. What size and offset are those??

Jung
Old 12-14-10, 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by boosted86
Before UAS, I would flip the rears once a month, and it would only last about 8 to 10 wks.. I drive a lot. the fronts would last a little longer. but since I got bags, I usually drive higher so its been lasting me longer. this set of tires I've had on the car for 3 months, shows signs of camber wear, but not anywear as bad as before when I would ride dumped everywhere I go on coilovers..



Thanks! These wheels I had for about 3+ months. If it was on TT wheels, it was me, or if you seen it with Amistads, AMEs, Work Meisters S1s, Volk TE37s, Work Equips, its the same GS. lol. I remember talking to you for a quick sec at sac a while back.
I was wondering the same thing....what about mileage? Im guessing the camber setting you have is for appearance/ride maybe?

It looks nice but how does it turn? I could see me having my camber like that and my car would fall apart! lol

And do you know what setting you have it at?
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Originally Posted by Is300Tree2
I was wondering the same thing....what about mileage? Im guessing the camber setting you have is for appearance/ride maybe?

It looks nice but how does it turn? I could see me having my camber like that and my car would fall apart! lol

And do you know what setting you have it at?
On coilovers only, I was probably going thru the rears in ~3000 miles. 3700lb rwd car on stretched tires, with neg camber eats so much tires on the insides. Thats why I ended up goin with UAS so I can drive higher when I want and I don't have to toss the tires, especially the rears, prematurely because of mad camber wear when its dumped all day on coilovers.

The height in the pic, I can ride at, but I can't bust U-turns. It will probably rub my fenders. I usually ride around maybe 2" higher in the front and 2.5" higher in the back, but maybe .5" higher in the front and 1" in the rear when I want to ride low. I don't drive around at the height in the pic.

I don't have any aftermarket arms or anything for camber adjustment. The camber just changes as I go up or down on the bags.
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What do i need to get my wheels to angle like that
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Nice!
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looks good man. adjust your toe so you can ride low all the time. it's the toe that's eats tires quick. flipping the tires is already a plus for making them last even longer. my gs was the same way before i adjusted everything. my tires would be showing metal in less than 2 months.
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Originally Posted by rexx93gs30
What do i need to get my wheels to angle like that
lower your car. it will neg camber automatically.

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Nice!
thanks!

Originally Posted by RAMPAGEsd
looks good man. adjust your toe so you can ride low all the time. it's the toe that's eats tires quick. flipping the tires is already a plus for making them last even longer. my gs was the same way before i adjusted everything. my tires would be showing metal in less than 2 months.
thanks!

Yeah I just got an alignment done 2 weeks ago, hopefully it helps.
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