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Old 07-09-04, 08:57 PM
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all four tires were bald to the belts tires were only a year old.
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sorry to see that DIN, it happened to me with my coilovers within about 4 months... with brand new tires. Luckily for me it was just the front that was that low.. I had the slanted look going on, lets just say that im not riding that low right now.

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I got the same problem when I had my coilovers on, would the Daizen camber correction kit fix that? My car sits pretty damn low with the Espelirs, and the wheels are slightly tilted, I wanted to straighten them out somehow, would this work?
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I have a bit of negative camber with my espelirs, but believe it or not- have not had any abnormal wear!??? I have no clue as to why- but its awfuly nice to not have it!... however, I could deal with some wear if I were on coilovers
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a year is a long time for tires to last
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Originally posted by sc400texas
I have a bit of negative camber with my espelirs, but believe it or not- have not had any abnormal wear!??? I have no clue as to why- but its awfuly nice to not have it!... however, I could deal with some wear if I were on coilovers
Lucky I think I got abnormal wear because my car was a bit TOO cambered... plus I've got semi-wide tyres too (265's on the back), I think with the stocks it shouldn't be as bad?
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How many miles did you get out of them?
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Originally posted by JZZ30TT
a year is a long time for tires to last

Maybe a year is a long time to you but my tires cost $315 a piece. No way I want to buy a set every year. I could get cheaper tires but once you get used to nice ones it's hard to go back.
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im not sure how many miles i got but i drove my car at least 25 miles a day. Yea im not complain a year is a long time thats what i expected. So every year i gotta buy tires so i go with the best bang for the buck under 200 a tire works for me.
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Originally posted by reggiek
Maybe a year is a long time to you but my tires cost $315 a piece. No way I want to buy a set every year. I could get cheaper tires but once you get used to nice ones it's hard to go back.
A year is a long time for ANY car with bags... I only had coilovers with plenty of neg. camber on my s13 and drove several drift events a year... so yea I'm used to tires lasting 1 day (if that ) Plus my "non-drift" wheels were 18x10 18x9 with neg. camber so those wore out every couple moths as well since I drove the car in the mountians and such. I also used the "expensive" tires for those wheels... like they say you gotta pay to play.
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Hey Din i just registered today, and I wanted to say I love the way your rims look in your sig. What make and model are they. Also how is the ride with air suspension v.s. stock, pros & cons?
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Originally posted by j three
Hey Din i just registered today, and I wanted to say I love the way your rims look in your sig. What make and model are they. Also how is the ride with air suspension v.s. stock, pros & cons?
20x9 Lownhart LR5. Pros of air you can adjust to what ever driving height you want, dependin on which set up you get will detrimin how the ride quality is. Cons expensive and every now and then you have a leak somewhere that you gotta fix.
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Originally posted by JZZ30TT
a year is a long time for tires to last
Microsoft ! My Yokos were cached in 3 months flat. This is what 1.5-degree negative camber did....
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