lowering ride and tire wear
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lowering ride and tire wear
I met a guy who lowered his s2000 2 and something inches on stock shocks, he
told me that he has driven 20,000 miles since lowering it and has gone through 3
sets of tires
. I only want to lower my s2000 one inch i have read that you dont
need a camber kit for one inch drop but anyone with a inch drop going threw tires
that bad
?
told me that he has driven 20,000 miles since lowering it and has gone through 3
sets of tires
. I only want to lower my s2000 one inch i have read that you dont need a camber kit for one inch drop but anyone with a inch drop going threw tires
that bad
?
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if you get a good allignment i don't see why tire wear would be any worse than stock.
alsp what i do is have the tires flipped about every 7k miles. i have then dismounted and remounted with the other side out, this way both sides wear not just the inside edge.
alsp what i do is have the tires flipped about every 7k miles. i have then dismounted and remounted with the other side out, this way both sides wear not just the inside edge.
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Just make sure you get a good alignment after the drop. Camber doesn't really eat your tires by itself, it's the toe that causes the tire scrubbing. However, lots of camber will only exaggerate accelerated wear caused by over aggressive toe.
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Originally Posted by Project22a,Apr 19 2009, 11:15 PM
Just make sure you get a good alignment after the drop. Camber doesn't really eat your tires by itself, it's the toe that causes the tire scrubbing. However, lots of camber will only exaggerate accelerated wear caused by over aggressive toe.
Use factory specs??
New specs made by the tech??
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Depends on what you want. As far as camber goes, it depends on wheel fitment and ultimate use of the car.
If you have stock wheels and are just going to drive the car as a DD or something, try to get camber back to stock specs. Depending on how far you're dropped, it may or may not happen. No biggie. Camber by itself is not a main tire eating angle.
Front toe is zero (factory). So set it there.
Rear toe is another tricky devil. You can either set it to stock parameters...and get some irregular wear. Or set it close to zero and be prepared for more oversteer. Stock S2000s see irregular wear on the rear tires due to having a significant amount of toe in.
Toeing the rear IN is a way to control the car's oversteer. So if you toe it back OUT and set it closer to zero, it will oversteer more.
If you have stock wheels and are just going to drive the car as a DD or something, try to get camber back to stock specs. Depending on how far you're dropped, it may or may not happen. No biggie. Camber by itself is not a main tire eating angle.
Front toe is zero (factory). So set it there.
Rear toe is another tricky devil. You can either set it to stock parameters...and get some irregular wear. Or set it close to zero and be prepared for more oversteer. Stock S2000s see irregular wear on the rear tires due to having a significant amount of toe in.
Toeing the rear IN is a way to control the car's oversteer. So if you toe it back OUT and set it closer to zero, it will oversteer more.
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