Camber problem

blacknblue2002

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So I was under the car today, thinking about switching the catted legs of my prochamber to the o/r ones, and I noticed how bad my tread wear is. That's not really a surprize to me considering I never professionally had my car alligned after lowering it with the coilovers...I simply would have wasted money cuz it took me months to get it sitting right where I wanted it anyways. The thing that's confusing is this....I have negative camber (tops of the two front tires are closer together than the bottoms of the two fronts)...yet, the outer sides of the tires are wearing faster than the inner section. It should be the other way around IMO. Can somebody explain this to me? Is there something that's completely jumping over my head here?

 

1LowGT

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honestly your thinking right but save yourself the trouble and get the alignment,thats the tell tale is the before and after sheet

 

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Get an alignment.

 

stangGT97

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i have still have negative camber on my car even after the alignment - if your car is lowered without caster/camber plates on it, there isn't much the shop can do for you in that department, and unfortunately I haven't got around to buying them. I agree with these guys though, at least get it aligned so some of your wear issues will be worked out... bear in mind that your tires will keep wearing unevenly until you get C/C plates and make camber fully adjustable

 

BennyBlown2v

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Camber isn't going to be your only issue if you lowered the car; the toe will also be outa whack. Buy some CC plates - get a professional alignment (look in the phonebook for race prep shops, etc.).

 

tomustang

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he has c/c plates, check the sig

MM Front and Rear Coilover kit w/ C&C Plates

 

blacknblue2002

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yeah...as tomustang mentioned....I've got cc plates and I used to play with them a lot...I did a lot of work setting my car up just right to have all four corners sitting where I wanted them...and I tried to adjust the plates to give me about -4 degrees camber...I did everything myself because the local shop wanted to charge me over $150 because I have a 'custom' setup...regular tire shops won't even look at it because of the aftermarket parts

 

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YOu can think of it this way... you can spend 200 bucks a tire every 5,000 miles or you can bite the bullit and have it aligned. I used to be an alignment tech at a NTB. I set up my fox with the plates. I had to grind the towers to get it ALMOST in spec. I have the D&D kmember, a-arms, coil overs, and bbk c/c kit. If the toe is way in that could be a possible reason for the outer edges to be worn. Usually if you are toed out you will notice the inner edges wearing. But every car is different on some way shape or form!

 

blacknblue2002

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thanks to everybody

NO BRAKES said:

YOu can think of it this way... you can spend 200 bucks a tire every 5,000 miles or you can bite the bullit and have it aligned. I used to be an alignment tech at a NTB. I set up my fox with the plates. I had to grind the towers to get it ALMOST in spec. I have the D&D kmember, a-arms, coil overs, and bbk c/c kit. If the toe is way in that could be a possible reason for the outer edges to be worn. Usually if you are toed out you will notice the inner edges wearing. But every car is different on some way shape or form!

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Thanks for the input....Everybody has convinced me...i agree that I'm definately going to have to get this worked on professionally...I don't like havin other people work on my car, but I don't have the tools to do the job right....too bad all my spare money keeps goin into my supercharger fund . I guess after the s/c install...this is next on my list

 

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you probably have excessive toe in.

 

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C/C plates ect.

I had Steeda install their 4bolt C/C plates as well as their ball joints and bumpsteer kits when I had my springs replaced with Steeda sport springs. They did the alignment and have had no problems, car tracks correctly and tire wear is even. Bunch of $$ though.