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VVTL-i-KiCkIn
04-13-2002, 01:57 PM
Hi I have tanabe superdown precedeo springs with 2" drop on my 00 GTS

It's been 7000miles with my new rims with tires..

From back view, my rear wheels looks like this ---> /// \\\
Front wheels are just fine. ||| ||| <---- like this..

Some how my inner side of my front tires are worn out like ****!!
and my rear tires are just fine..(never rotated my tires)

shouldn't my inner side of my back tire wear out faster than my inner side of front tires??

Is it because celica's are Front Wheel Drive?? Still my front wheels don't have negative camber.. My back wheel has negative camber..

Does any of you have same problem with your ZR tires??
What are some solution to inner front tire wear???

HilfigerCelica
04-13-2002, 02:20 PM
Looks like you need an alignment. The rear wheels should have some negative camber, but if it's wearing the inner tires that bad it's too much. Or you can get the Hotchkis rear camber links if you still can't get the alignment back to stock specs.

NSX_GTR_LM
04-13-2002, 02:28 PM
get an alignment. The rear camber wont cause as much of a problem as the front in terms of wear, because the rear are not the drive tires and have less weight over them. The front tires are the tires that the engine drives, so its natural to get worse wear out of them. Just cause camber "looks" ok doesn't matter. My friends civic "looked" ok, but his front tires wear worn to the cords on the inside.

VVTL-i-KiCkIn
04-13-2002, 04:38 PM
good feed back...

so if want to get front alignment done, I don't need any camber correction kit??

QWKsilvr808
04-13-2002, 07:03 PM
You don't need a camber kit with the Super Down springs. I didn't have one when I had those with 18's and the car aligned just fine. Camber isn't the only thing that eats tires, you also need to adjust toe settings. Take it to a good alignment shop and make sure they don't do a half ass job... I used those springs for over half a year with even tire wear.