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Old 09-01-10, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by junjdm
damn!!!! lookin good so far bluerex!!!!!
hey thanks man, that means alot coming from someone with your ride. anyone know how much .75 degrees camber will give me in terms of clearance between my lip and fender?
Old 09-01-10, 02:23 PM
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do you have your fenders cut? how about goin for a pull instead or more negative camber.......
Old 09-01-10, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by junjdm
do you have your fenders cut? how about goin for a pull instead or more negative camber.......
i'd rather not mess with the body lines.....and yes fenders are cut out to the edge. how did you run yours? did you pull or just run the right camber and cut fender? as you can see, i'm trying to go big, or go home.
Old 09-01-10, 06:28 PM
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Question about negative camber, if you run negative camber, do you get uneven tire wear or can you do a toe adjustment for even wear?
Old 09-01-10, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by m3nv
Question about negative camber, if you run negative camber, do you get uneven tire wear or can you do a toe adjustment for even wear?
since its negative you are going to get uneven wears
Old 09-02-10, 05:26 AM
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i drive a lot and my negative camber wear was very very hard on my tires. it made me rush out and get the rods to try and correct it. the only thing i can think of is that people with all that camber (which looks cool don't get me wrong) either don't drive much at all, or are buying 2-3 sets of tires a year.
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Originally Posted by sojah
i drive a lot and my negative camber wear was very very hard on my tires. it made me rush out and get the rods to try and correct it. the only thing i can think of is that people with all that camber (which looks cool don't get me wrong) either don't drive much at all, or are buying 2-3 sets of tires a year.
i drive less than 20 miles a day which helps...but also you need to flip your tires too...price to pay for running flush. cant have it all..
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correct alignment settings will help to extend the life of cambered tires also.
Old 09-04-10, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by LiCelsior
correct alignment settings will help to extend the life of cambered tires also.
what he said, my buddy has ran his cambered tires for 15k with no problems. i cannot say the same as i've only put 20k on my car in the last 3.5 years haha.
Old 09-05-10, 09:39 AM
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looks like it is fender mod time,,

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whoa that's looking good
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looking good J...
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Originally Posted by bluerex
hey thanks man, that means alot coming from someone with your ride. anyone know how much .75 degrees camber will give me in terms of clearance between my lip and fender?
I finally mounted my wheels on my car. As soon as I take some pics I'll post it up with the specs.

I have the longger lower control links with Tein CS on my car and have about 3.7 negative camber on the rear.
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ohhh please show pics
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looks good


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