Just lowered my car with H & R springs
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Just lowered my car with H & R springs
Question for all the guys with h & r springs.
whats your experience with these springs when it comes to tire wear? i got my car aligned and the gentleman recommended me to get a camber kit if its even possible for this car. He said it was 1 degree off. I dont know how bad that is or if its bad at all. Did any of you guys go with a camber kit? is there such a kit? how much? where do i get it? haha.
at this time i am on my stocks, but i will be getting 20" rims soon.
any feedback will help!
Thanks
Gulu
whats your experience with these springs when it comes to tire wear? i got my car aligned and the gentleman recommended me to get a camber kit if its even possible for this car. He said it was 1 degree off. I dont know how bad that is or if its bad at all. Did any of you guys go with a camber kit? is there such a kit? how much? where do i get it? haha.
at this time i am on my stocks, but i will be getting 20" rims soon.
any feedback will help!
Thanks
Gulu
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hows the ride now? and we all been threw this before. there is no camber kit for the RL, you will just have to deal with it.
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im on aspecs, and this is why im still debating if i should get h&rs or not.
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1 degree will be unnoticeable with proper tire rotations.
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what if you cut one coil off of the aspecs?
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When I made my first response, I was making the assumption that 1 degree is pretty small, but for shits and giggles, I did the math.
With an 8" wide tire, 1 degree of wear difference will result in ~4.5/32" difference from inside to outside. A new tire will start with 10/32-11/32 of tread depth, and in TX, you will not pass inspection below 3/32. Therefore, you have 8/32 at best of tire life. If the 1 degree is true, and the resulting wear is 1 degree across the tire, then you will be running through tires about twice as fast.
Still, I would look for the advice of members here with experience on H&Rs because I can't recall seeing any threads about this potential issue.
With an 8" wide tire, 1 degree of wear difference will result in ~4.5/32" difference from inside to outside. A new tire will start with 10/32-11/32 of tread depth, and in TX, you will not pass inspection below 3/32. Therefore, you have 8/32 at best of tire life. If the 1 degree is true, and the resulting wear is 1 degree across the tire, then you will be running through tires about twice as fast.
Still, I would look for the advice of members here with experience on H&Rs because I can't recall seeing any threads about this potential issue.
Last edited by oo7spy; 03-26-2013 at 02:02 PM.
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You shouldn't notice any premature wear with such a minimal amount of camber. Toe, as stated before, is what will eat through a set of tires faster than anything. From my experience camber won't cause a noticeable difference in wear until it affects your contact patch, which will look like this. (ie pretty obvious lol)
![](http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u444/shawdyrl/df43903d-f5e8-4782-ba1c-04af8c4d84f4_zpse3764f4d.jpg)
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