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Old 09-14-2008, 12:41 PM
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I have Swift Sport Mach Springs (-.8" front, -.6" rear). I didn't do the camber kits. My numbers below appear to be in spec. I had it aligned after installing the springs. But now I noticed the inside tire tread blocks have worn a hell of a lot more than the center and outside. I know, I need to drive the car harder (haven't been tracking or auto-xing enough in 2008), but how do I get it to be friendly enough for daily driving?

Front Left
Camber -1.3
Caster 8.5
Toe .05 (was .22)

Front Right
Camber -1.1 (was -1.2, but don't know how they adjusted it if they did )
Caster 8.7
Toe .04 (was .03)

Rear Left
Camber -2.0 (was -2.5)
Toe .05

Rear Right
Camber -2.0 (was -2.2)
Toe .09 (was .44)

I will post picks of the treadwear after ~ 12,000 miles of driving once I find the darn cable for my camera.

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Old 09-14-2008, 02:06 PM
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Persanally i would get a rear camber kit and drop the rear back to 1.6 to 1.8.
2.0 is excessive on the street, trust me , thats what i run.
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Strangely, the front is wearing worse than the rear even though it has less camber. I don't get it. Thinking about going back to stock until I can get the whole control arm package. Any thoughts?
Old 09-14-2008, 07:10 PM
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it wasn't the camber that was eating your tires...it was all that toe.

I'm w/ terras....rear kit..lower the camber to just a bit under 2 deg....call it good
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