Is 1.6F and 2.6R degrees of camber enough to cause bad tire wear?

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Old 08-04-2012, 02:32 AM
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Is 1.6F and 2.6R degrees of camber enough to cause bad tire wear?

Im lowered on coilovers about .7 inches front and rear and have a little bit of negative camber. The toe is perfect, just the camber is slightly out of spec, is it enough to warrant a camber kit?
 
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Old 08-04-2012, 02:47 AM
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It's completely unnecessary if you're not running wheels with widths and offsets that would warrant the amount of camber. It's not enough to cause horrible tread wear, but you will see the wear in ~5k miles. If you want to save the money on the camber kits, then just flip your tired every 4-6k miles, as long as your tires are symmetrical. I'd invest in the camber kits - since sunken in cambered set ups look goofy to me and it's only eating away rubber.
 
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Old 08-04-2012, 02:49 AM
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how are you at that camber with that little of a drop??
 
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Old 08-04-2012, 03:04 AM
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ambig has a point. If you only dropped .7", your camber should only be hovering around -1.1*. You sure you measured right when you lowered? LOL. That, or your alignment place needs serious calibration.
 
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Old 08-04-2012, 12:59 PM
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That's a pretty sizeable change compared to your drop amount. It all depends on your preferences, that camber isn't that bad but like I said before it is substantial compared to your drop. I would at least grab a SPC rear camber kit with toe bolts, it is like what $150 or something? That is much cheaper than replacing tires. The front camber kit I would probably pass on with just 1.6
 
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