Batesy Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Just lowered my Arosa, basically i have just undone the two 18mm bolts on the shocker and pulled the shock right out, handles fine but what will the car be like in terms of tyre wear? What has everyone else done when they have lowered?Batesy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TArosa Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 depends on the drop... mines all the way down on 13's with 165/65's and the wear isnt too good probablies below legal on the inside and 4mm on outside and the last car i had was showing wire through 1/3 of the tyre... but tbf if the tracking is spot on then you should have muich of an issue... hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadmetal Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Whenever you lower a car you should get it tracked properly.It's not camber than kills tyres, it's toe.Get it sorted by a garage and you should be fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TArosa Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 on a different note... just noticed your pic Deadmetal... those alloys real flashbacks?.. look sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesy Posted October 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Aye, well im owed some rtacking this Friday so that should sort it! Cheers anyway mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuaar Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 If you've pulled the hub right out I'm sure someone measured and you can get approx -4 camber so you will be running pretty crazy camber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesy Posted October 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Yeah its right out :L i know of a few others who have done it and it was fine, in saying that it doesnt look crazy on the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuaar Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 haha surely that pulls like crazy? i have mine pulled about half way out as below \/ and it handles pretty badly, i need to get mine done properly. out of interest how come you're running camber? wide wheels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesy Posted October 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 No not at all, like i said im getting the tracking done this week so that will see it all sorted out and no im running mk3 golf wheels, so not particularly wide haha! How are yours that wide?! :0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Don't run camber unless you have to, it kills tyres (through uneven wear) & handling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fob163 Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 as Deadmetal said, camber wears tyres slightly faster and unevenly, but the major factor is toe. i ran camber for months, and it wore the inside of my tyre out slightly faster. when i knocked my wheels out of alignment (due to a stupid fault of my own) the toeing was that bad my brand new front tyres were completely bare after a month tops. i recommend highly to get your tracking done.p.s. as a note, the more camber you have, the worse your car will handle like an ice skate in the wet, as koop briefly mentioned above. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesy Posted October 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 Getting my tracking done today and im gonna buy a camber gauge off ebay and sort it out, get it running stock camber again, should be 0 on an Arosa so ive heard?Batesy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James827 Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 on my 60mm lowering springs I pulled the Strut RIGHT out and I'm running 1 deg on the front safely. I tracked the car myself and the computer said it was perfectly fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooper_GTI Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 As said, negative camber shouldn't ruin tyres, although it will undoubtly wear them quicker on the inside.With regards to handling, negative camber is good for handling, as when you turn in, the weight shifts, the suspension compresses and as this happens, depending on the amount of caster you run, you can keep the whole tyre in contact with the road.If the camber is set to 0, when you corner hard, most of the contact patch on the tyre is on the outside, which is obviously not good, hence why a bit of negative gives you grip. Although 0deg camber is good for drag racing, as you're getting the whole 195mm of your tyre on the road!But running excessive negative camber on the road can be a bit unnerving, especially in the wet on a motorway for example. Upto -1deg in my experience is okay for road use. Any more and you compromise tyre wear, comfort, straight line traction and road holding ability. It will tend to follow small ruts in the road and will also exaggerate any toe alignment issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 Yeah sorry I should have said excessive camber will screw your handling, a bit should actually help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesy Posted October 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Cars been tracked and is running fine, handles class... im happy Just need the back lower now lol Batesy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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