Coilovers and a flat tire

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inline350
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i ordered the invos but havent come in yet and i just purchased coilovers and there going in tonight





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Your going to keep getting flats unless you fix that camber!

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u have some nasty camber my rears look like that right now only the whole tire is worn too but no flat tire.

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ldstang50
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Alignment man. These cars come from the factory with sh!!t tons of rear camber and toe in. Get your car aligned, have the camber taken out as much as possible and run less toe. I think with your coilovers you won't be able to take out as much camber as with stock suspension and you'll be almost back to square one.

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inline350
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Its not that my camber is all jacked up its the fact that i have some runflats and they waste hella fast my rear camber is at 1.5 degrees negative but my car wont drive till im done putting evreything in

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ldstang50
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Run flats actually have nothing to do with it.If you're saying its because the tires wear prematuley its more than likely from hard driving. But we have Z's so we are supposed to drive them hard. If you want a tire to last longer while you maintain your same driving habits, look for a tire with a higher treadwear. The harder tread compound will last longer but won't have the grip of a softer compound

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Ouch.

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350Engineer
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I just want to say great selection on the suspension and the wheels. I have the same suspension and i have the bronze wheels and i love them both. For the suspension i would recommend some downforce to put more weight on them because they are extremely stiff and u will bounce around everywhere if u dont have some downforce. As far as ur tires go I recommend just keeping an eye on them if u already had an alinement. Once one side wears off a lil rotate ur tires. I use Bridgestone R1R and they last forever and they are sticky but only when up to temp. What people dont relize is that the "softer" componds are only soft at high temps. If you just drive around on the street they never reach that point and they stay relatively hard and last a long time. The only time my tires get up to temp is on the track or hard canyon drives. Even freeway trip dont heat them to a soft state. Just be aware of what ur tires are doing and you can get alot of use out of them.


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