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Do i need a rear camber kit?

tires are wearing very bad on the inside. My friend says i need a tow adjustment... :/

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Old 05-11-2012, 12:34 AM   #1 (permalink)
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tires are wearing very bad on the inside. My friend says i need a tow adjustment... :/
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Yeah, you've got too much negative camber. A rear camber kit (arms and toe bolts) will allow you to bring the camber closer to spec and reduce the excessive inside camber wear (on new tires).
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My rear camber was 2.9 after installing springs and at 9K miles I had steel cords showing on the inside of both rear tires. I added the toe bolts and now my alignment is back within specs on the rear. I hope the new set of tires last a bit longer.
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IMO, rear camber arms and toe bolts are needed.
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You can't really say for sure whether it is camber/toe or both. Camber will put more pressure on the inside of the tire but technically your tire could look like that after a few years with a lot of negative camber... if your toe is off it technically could look like that in a much shorter amount of time as the inside of the tire "feathers".

One thing is certain, you need a camber/toe kit regardless.
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its been lowered for about a month 1/2 and this is the result
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