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Old 04-04-16, 10:51 PM
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Angry Lowered RC350 F Sport issue resolution

Ok... I bought my car basically Dec 1st, have a little over 5k miles ( live in Houston ), lowered on RSR springs, and have just eaten a set of Pirelli P Zero Nero's.

I've been looking around, and came across some SPC rear camber adjustment bars... are there are any camber adjustments for the front and or other alternatives than SPC to counter the effects of the drop on my tires??

...any help would be greatly apperciated....
Old 04-05-16, 06:52 PM
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Somethings wrong. I've had my car lowered a year. My tires are still good. Are you monitoring your air pressure?
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They were at 38psi.... and I got the car aligned when I had it lowered,... but i never saw the spec sheet. Unless they just did it wrong,... ( alignment ).... the interior is well worn down to the metal threads.... to the point air was coming out of a section of it.
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Our cars have a bit of negative camber which helps with steering, this is more so after a drop. I am on RSR springs as well. I went through the rear tires in about 13k miles and i drive it hard at times. But going through them at 5k miles you must be diving it fast, and maybe with the ESC off a lot, as i do.

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^^ good lord at 13k!!?? I'm super annoyed changing tires at every 25k. What did I sign up for with this RC... Lol
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Originally Posted by Kevin350
^^ good lord at 13k!!?? I'm super annoyed changing tires at every 25k. What did I sign up for with this RC... Lol
Welcome! to the club... Burning and eating tires as we go... lol
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yeah, that's what mine looked like...... i'm going to get the SPC links to see if it that slows the wear
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Default Rear tire wear

Is it really that common to have such drastic wear on the rear tires after installing lowering springs ? I just ordered the RS R super down springs for my RC 350 Fsport AWD and am wondering if I should even install the rear springs. As everyone knows the front is really jacked up on the awd and by lowering the front 1.5 inches that about evens the car out. Since I want to install new rims and tires at a cost of about $300 per tire I'm not looking forward to replacing them that often. So I'm looking to hear from RC AWD owners on this issue. Thanks
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Originally Posted by Kevin350
^^ good lord at 13k!!?? I'm super annoyed changing tires at every 25k. What did I sign up for with this RC... Lol
Originally Posted by ba2sy
Welcome! to the club... Burning and eating tires as we go... lol
Yes and ohh yes!
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