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Old 08-20-08 | 11:40 AM
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I have tein SS on my 2IS, im having uneven wear on my tires, and i heard someone said i need to get camber kit?? what should i do to fix my uneven wear on my tires, thanks
Old 08-20-08 | 11:59 AM
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you can't adjust the camber for these cars. if there is uneven wear its most likely the toe thats off. check the alignment.
Old 08-20-08 | 12:04 PM
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There are no camber kits available for the 2IS, no matter if you have adjustable coilovers or not.

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Old 08-22-08 | 12:01 AM
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how can i fix the uneven wear of my tires?
Old 08-22-08 | 12:06 AM
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try alignment...it might work...
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an alignment may help, but wont correct the camber wear. i remounted my tires left to right to get a little more life out of them. Its the price you have to pay to play, for looks/ handles that is. good luck, hopefully some camber kits will be coming out soon
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an alignment may help, but wont correct the camber wear. i remounted my tires left to right to get a little more life out of them. Its the price you have to pay to play, for looks/ handles that is. good luck, hopefully some camber kits will be coming out soon
How did you remount the tires from the right to the left?? doesnt the tires have grooves that has to go a certain way??
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You need to make sure your alignment is good. If you have directional tires, you can flip your tires every 5000 miles when you do your oil change. It means you take off your tire from your driver side wheel and put it onto the passenger side wheel and vice versa. If you're slammed on the coils and your alignment is good, flipping tires will prolong your tire life.

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Originally Posted by T-Rex06
You need to make sure your alignment is good. If you DO NOThave directional tires, you can flip your tires every 5000 miles when you do your oil change. It means you take off your tire from your driver side wheel and put it onto the passenger side wheel and vice versa. If you're slammed on the coils and your alignment is good, flipping tires will prolong your tire life.

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Um, you don't get the idea of flipping tires I guess. If you have DIRECTIONAL tires, you have to take the tire OFF your wheel first. That's what I said. It's not taking the whole wheel off and swapping sides. Please read it carefully first before you correct it.

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Even if you DO have directional tires, you CAN pro long the life by flipping tires like T-Rex has said. You have to DISMOUNT the tire from the left rim and remount on the right rim. Vise versa.

As long as it doesn't say OUTSIDE & INSIDE. You are good.
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Ugh, never mind. I do not want to get into this today.

*walking away from thread*
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hahahahaahahaahahah *chuckles*
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I think he's confusing directional with asymmetric design. Directional has the same tread types on both sides of the tire making it so you can dismount and remount left to right. With an asymmetric style the tread varies from left to right so you can't functionally flop the tires.
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Originally Posted by Zanorath
I think he's confusing directional with asymmetric design. Directional has the same tread types on both sides of the tire making it so you can dismount and remount left to right. With an asymmetric style the tread varies from left to right so you can't functionally flop the tires.
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