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Old 02-03-2010, 12:55 PM
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Greetings

I own from 5 months a s2k

It has stock shocks with tein S springs (the green ones) and volk 18" Ce28 rims

I use my car on weekends only and time, changing the oil, I noticed the front tires were worn in the inside. After searching the site I found out that's quite normal on s2ks. I guess the previous owner never rotated the front wheels. So I did, rotated on their rims and swapped positions.

I also believe that camber has never been compensated after lowering so tire wear is even increased.

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I will be taking some race classes with intructor on late Feb and I plan to use Stock Rims with some toyo tires on it. Heres my question

If I correct the camber to fix some 18" tire wear will it completely spoil with 16" on?

Will a 16" wheel with a beefier tire (to match the overall 18" wheel height) behave as a 18" size on the same camber setting?

I don't feel comfortable drive around the track with the volks. I'm new at track racing I don't want to damage them.


I read the faq and I will be doing some regular maintanence (brakes,tranny oil, diff oil, engine oil, valve lashes prior the track day)

Thank you in advance
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Height of wheel shouldn't affect dynamic camber experienced on track. Tire data, if you had any, goes out the window.

Was front and rear toe checked after lowering the car? Toe affects tire wear too, as well as on center handling.
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Originally Posted by CKit,Feb 3 2010, 05:51 PM
Don't repost in multiple subforums.
Yea sorry, I should placed this in suspension in first place.
I wrote it here in my second post.

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Originally Posted by gen2gsr,Feb 3 2010, 04:32 PM
Height of wheel shouldn't affect dynamic camber experienced on track. Tire data, if you had any, goes out the window.

Was front and rear toe checked after lowering the car? Toe affects tire wear too, as well as on center handling.
I believe not.

The car handles well, and it's well aligned. I just noticed the uneven wear at the front.
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So I can I correct camber for 18 and if I put 16 I should be good too!
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