[Biturbos4] Quick question about springs and shocks

[Wilson Northrup]

how much camber did you have? and what tires?


On Tue, 30 May 2006, mike mcclurg wrote:

> Joel and all the others who have helped,
>
> I had the alignment checked soon after I bought the
> car and it wasn't very far out of specs and was told
> that the camber could not be adjusted, only centered.
> It did not seem that far off, so I put new tires on
> it. I rotated front-to-back 3 times every 5,000 miles.
> They wore on the inside edge - especially the front.
> At 15,000 miles I dismounted them and swapped them
> side to side to move the inside edges to the outside.
> Again, I rotate them front-to-back at 5000 miles. I
> expect to get another 15,000 miles on these edges so a
> total of 30,000 miles on a set of tires.
>
> Maybe I'm just old fashioned, but I had expected more
> miles out of a set of tires used for easy highway
> miles.
>
> Thanks for all the feedback,
> Mike
>
> --- Joel Liggins <quickaudi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yo, your lowered suspension shouldn't eat up tires.
>> Mine's lowered to about
>> 25.5" all around and my tires are wearing perfect.
>> When was the last time
>> you got an alignment?  It's a requirement when you
>> adjust the height of the
>> car.
>>
>> Joel
>>
>
>
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