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Old 05-03-2007, 05:11 PM
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I just got from doing an alignment for my car and they told me I have a negative camber of 2%... he said it would eat up my inner tire. My question is, how bad is 2%? I have new tires(Falkens) and I drive atleast 10k every weekday and on weekends more driving... how long would the tires life expentancy?

 
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Old 05-03-2007, 07:39 PM
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my friend had negative camber and the tires life was reduced almost by half from what it usually was. ( if you can SEE that you have negative camber, its probably bad )
 
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Old 05-03-2007, 09:27 PM
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-2 degrees camber is bad. there are kits that can be installed to get more adjustment or there could be something bent. has the carevery been in an accident. if not, the kits might be the answer.
 
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Old 05-03-2007, 09:32 PM
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2% isn't horrible, but not the best, for optimal handling, it should be around 0-1 degree negative, just make sure the toe is set properly, the toe of the front will eat out the tires quicker than anything, mine was pretty bad a long time ago, i think it was like and inch+ out or something like that, but it ate my tires up like they were for breakfast, the tread won't be greatly affected in the rear if you just rotate the tires properly.
 
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Old 05-03-2007, 11:42 PM
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i would get that fixed unless you like buying tires
 
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