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Old 10-25-2007 | 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Orient Express
I get 22-23K out of my PS2 rears. Alignment is key.
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Old 10-25-2007 | 03:08 PM
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I had the car aligned a few weeks ago. Rear passenger was previously set to -2.2....hence the awful wear pattern on the inside. Now set to stock at -1.5.

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Old 10-25-2007 | 03:14 PM
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i never had too much of an issue with excessive tire wear due to "lots" of neg camber. even at -2.5 on my s2000, they wore fine, but then i rarely ran the tires/wheels long enough to care.

and i know that the ps2s have this more durable tread on the inside to compensate for the neg camber. i believe i'm at about -2 in the rear on my 911. and not sure one can say alignment is key. it' sa combination of things which includes driving style and the roads in your locale.
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Originally Posted by hdtwncam88
any idea what your alignment specs are ?
They are the workshop manual specs for a ROW M030 Cabriolet. I have the ROW M030 sports suspension on the car.
Old 10-25-2007 | 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by JBRipps
I had the car aligned a few weeks ago. Rear passenger was previously set to -2.2....hence the awful wear pattern on the inside. Now set to stock at -1.5.

J
Are you referring to degrees when you listed -1.5? Stock spec is 15' plus or minus 15'. Those are minutes, not degrees. Each minute is 1/60th of a degree. So it's a range from 0 to -30' or 0 to -0.5 degrees.

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Originally Posted by Ubermensch
Are you referring to degrees when you listed -1.5? Stock spec is 15' plus or minus 15'. Those are minutes, not degrees. Each minute is 1/60th of a degree. So it's a range from 0 to -30' or 0 to -0.5 degrees.

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Old 10-25-2007 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Ubermensch
Are you referring to degrees when you listed -1.5? Stock spec is 15' plus or minus 15'. Those are minutes, not degrees. Each minute is 1/60th of a degree. So it's a range from 0 to -30' or 0 to -0.5 degrees.

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Shawn - you quoted the FRONT specs. They were talking about the REAR specs.


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Old 10-25-2007 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Benjamin Choi
i never had too much of an issue with excessive tire wear due to "lots" of neg camber. even at -2.5 on my s2000, they wore fine, but then i rarely ran the tires/wheels long enough to care.

and i know that the ps2s have this more durable tread on the inside to compensate for the neg camber. i believe i'm at about -2 in the rear on my 911. and not sure one can say alignment is key. it' sa combination of things which includes driving style and the roads in your locale.

That is because A) the S2000 weighs less than a 911, B) the engine and transmission are over the rear tires increasing wear.
Old 10-25-2007 | 07:57 PM
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true, but same case on the m3 and now even my pork4S. all good even with a good amount of neg camber. and i probably drove teh s2000 harder than the german rides.

just callin it like i'm seein it



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