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Old 07-28-13, 11:48 PM
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Default Front Tire Wear on Lowered SC430

So the problem is my SC430 is pretty low and my front tires are getting chewed out completely. Inside tire wear is becoming a big issue with my car and I get only a couple thousand miles before the tires need to be replaced.

Just wanted to know if anyone has any ideas on how to keep my car lowered, but fix my tire wear issue. I'm sure if I raised my coilovers back to stock position, it would fix the issue, but I wanted to see if there were any alternatives I could do and still keep it low.

Thank you for your help!
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Sup bro, I met you at the PURSUIT and admired your SC since it was the only other 430 besides mine.. Anyway.. have you done an alignment? Maybe even get a camber kit to make it closer to zero.
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Also check your toe. I had the same issue and got the SPC camber arms but decided not to use them since I'm just tucking the fronts so the arms would have pushed the top of the tires out too far and would hit the fender. Correcting the toe fixed most of my problems since I had the "snow plow" effect.
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Originally Posted by Acura2Lex
Sup bro, I met you at the PURSUIT and admired your SC since it was the only other 430 besides mine.. Anyway.. have you done an alignment? Maybe even get a camber kit to make it closer to zero.
Nice meeting you man, and thanks for the kinds words. I have done an alignment, but when I go there the toe is way off and they told me its maxed out.

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Also check your toe. I had the same issue and got the SPC camber arms but decided not to use them since I'm just tucking the fronts so the arms would have pushed the top of the tires out too far and would hit the fender. Correcting the toe fixed most of my problems since I had the "snow plow" effect.
I tried correcting the toe, but its maxed out. I don't know much about how to get this fixed. Any recommendations?
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Originally Posted by i2fat
Nice meeting you man, and thanks for the kinds words. I have done an alignment, but when I go there the toe is way off and they told me its maxed out.



I tried correcting the toe, but its maxed out. I don't know much about how to get this fixed. Any recommendations?

http://shopfigs.com/v1/index.php?rou...&product_id=63
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This will fix my inner tire wear?
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Anyone else with any ideas? Thank you!
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when lowering the car to much the camber gets bad and your riding on the inside of the tire. the SPC will let you adjust the camber for more straight up camber reading.

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Originally Posted by bacardi11
when lowering the car to much the camber gets bad and your riding on the inside of the tire. the SPC will let you adjust the camber for more straight up camber reading.
What are SPCs?
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mrmark
didn't you have the SPC for sale ?
i2fat
so you can adjust your camber and caster. 1-800-525-6505

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