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Old Sep 24, 2005 | 05:54 PM
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im new to this site, but im just posting a question and hope someone will be able to answer it. i lowered my car with coilovers about a year ago, and over the time the wheels on the inside are starting to tear(which i know is usual with lowered vehicles) but as the car sits the tires are starting to take the shape of a tepee. i believe the front ones are getting worse too. would a camber kit help anything, because i already had to buy a new tire from it being blown becuase of this problem. i might just eventually just keep it highered, but i want my cambers to be back to normal, and i was wondering if a kit would do the works, or if something else would work that would be great.
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Old Sep 24, 2005 | 06:01 PM
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How low is the car? Are the tires rubbing on the fender well or are they just wearing oddly from the negative camber?

A camber kit would be a definite improvement, but if you are too low and/or your wheel offset is wrong for the car and causing the tire to rub, you will need to make more changes to correct the problem.
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Old Sep 24, 2005 | 06:06 PM
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I would say get some alignment numbers first to see where the problem could be. Toe usually wears out tires quicker than bad camber. But a combination of both is worse.
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Old Sep 24, 2005 | 10:52 PM
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toe ate away my brand new tires in about 2 weeks.
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