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It's funny how Halston was all about stance, couldn't get it to work on his car, and now he's all against it.
My Falken FK452's lasted a bit over a year on the Azevs. I thought they had life left but when I went to mount them on the Boyd Coddingtons, the inside shoulder was bald and the rear tires had bubbles on the sidewalls.
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ive got -3* on front of my cobra and the last a few oil changesE53 4.4 Sterling Gray Metallic
E36 M3 Mugello rot
GEN2 TUNDRA CM
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beyond -3 you can start to see some wear from camber even if your toe is at zero.
-2.5 to -2.8 is about the limit for this.
any toe outside of zero at these camber levels will greatly increase your tire wear. Which is a big issue w/ older bmw's as the rear isn't adjustable unless you do slotted subframe w/ eccetrics.
I think another factor is that many lower their cars and don't get it aligned afterwards and just assume it's because they're low w/ camber.
My $0.02 on my experiences.
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i put my falkens on in February, its july and my rears are just above the wear marks, my fronts are shot on the inside. I gotta flip the tires in the front and i can probably get another 5K miles out of them. Camber is approx -3 in the front and like -.8 in the back or something like that. My front toe is out of alignment, i just eyeballed it, and my rear isnt adjustable
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Originally posted by verlumpt View Postbeyond -3 you can start to see some wear from camber even if your toe is at zero.
-2.5 to -2.8 is about the limit for this.
any toe outside of zero at these camber levels will greatly increase your tire wear. Which is a big issue w/ older bmw's as the rear isn't adjustable unless you do slotted subframe w/ eccetrics.
I think another factor is that many lower their cars and don't get it aligned afterwards and just assume it's because they're low w/ camber.
My $0.02 on my experiences.
Originally posted by Tuck&Poke View Posti put my falkens on in February, its july and my rears are just above the wear marks, my fronts are shot on the inside. I gotta flip the tires in the front and i can probably get another 5K miles out of them. Camber is approx -3 in the front and like -.8 in the back or something like that. My front toe is out of alignment, i just eyeballed it, and my rear isnt adjustable
If you just eyeballed it that is why they are dead. I am guessing the toe is out of spec by a good margin and it ate the tires up.
I am a couple months on my falkens and I am ~ -3 in the front and -2.5 in the back and they are flat wear across the tread. If I actually cleaned up and cared about my tires they would look brand new.
I have to hit the alignment shop again here soon as I need to install new front control arms, bushings and tie rod assemblies.
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no, if i change it the same thing will happen after a little while. Common problem with this chassis. The real way to do it is lift the car, remove wheel, break the nut loose with a long breaker bar, put the wheel back on and throw it on the rack.
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