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premature front tire wear....do I need camber bolts?

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Old May 14, 2007 | 02:19 PM
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premature front tire wear....do I need camber bolts?

Last summer i purchased 2 Kuhmo Ecsta KH11 tires for my front tires, and with only about 10,000 miles on them, they are compleletly bald. I am lowered on Tein H-Tech springs and Tokico HP struts, do I need a camber kit or do I just need to take my car somewhere that does really good alignments? thanks
Old May 14, 2007 | 02:28 PM
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Well I would get the alignment checked first...chamber bolts are needed if the inside of you tires are wearing faster. well and if the stock chamber bolts cant be aligned. it sounds like you have some crappy tires.
Old May 14, 2007 | 03:09 PM
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Check to see if your toe is off.
Old May 14, 2007 | 03:16 PM
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since youre camber was changed when you got the struts installed that also affects your toe as well so your tires have been scrubbing so yes new tires first then buy camber bolts anyway there cheap get the ingalls engineering bolts from summitracing.com and then get youre alignment after that youll be ready to go
Old May 14, 2007 | 04:35 PM
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stop doing burnouts and showing off in front of your lady friends
Old May 14, 2007 | 05:00 PM
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As previously stated:

If your tires are wearing faster on the inside, then get camber bolts. If they're not, then be sure you're rotating your tires (my fronts were completely bald after 4500 miles ) and have the alignment checked, either you're spinning your wheels too much, the tires are just horrible, or your toe is off.
Old May 14, 2007 | 05:18 PM
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like i said before when the car got lowered your camber was altered when camber is altered the toe is altered as well , your tires are tryin to go out wards or inwards but still going in a straight line thus the term scrubbing which will completley bald your tires you should have at least 15k on them before having to worrry about new tires
Old May 14, 2007 | 05:40 PM
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did you get your tires rotated and balanced at 6,000 miles?
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