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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 05:30 PM
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Lowered on H&R's and rear tires wearing out fast
Guys,
I have a w203 lowered on H&R's with 17 AMG wheels. My rear tires are running out too fast. What can I do? I just put on PZero's less than 5,000 miles and only half the tread is left on the tires.

A negative camber kit, if so what?
Other tires?

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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 05:33 PM
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How low did you lower it? Whenever you lower it, you need to do the allignment. Depending how bad the car lowered, you may need the camber kit.
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by pigori
Guys,
I have a w203 lowered on H&R's with 17 AMG wheels. My rear tires are running out too fast. What can I do? I just put on PZero's less than 5,000 miles and only half the tread is left on the tires.

A negative camber kit, if so what?
Other tires?

Thanks in advance
Get a camber kit from K1 Motorsports - I have a nice, shiny set on mine and corrected any issue of tire wear (but can adjust negatively for semi-aggressive driving days).
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by pigori
Guys,
I have a w203 lowered on H&R's with 17 AMG wheels. My rear tires are running out too fast. What can I do? I just put on PZero's less than 5,000 miles and only half the tread is left on the tires.

A negative camber kit, if so what?
Other tires?

Thanks in advance
I too have H&R springs on my 05'.I currently have the OEM stock 17's that came with the car.The shop that installed my springs just used the MB alignment bolts.I don't have any tire wear issues so far.
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Phin
I too have H&R springs on my 05'.I currently have the OEM stock 17's that came with the car.The shop that installed my springs just used the MB alignment bolts.I don't have any tire wear issues so far.
Do you have pics? I was thinking of getting H&R springs, I want to see how much of a lower stance it gives the car.

Thanks.
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 11:46 PM
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Do you have pics? I was thinking of getting H&R springs, I want to see how much of a lower stance it gives the car.

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This pic is old and might be HUGE(lol). I'll take some pics this weekend,I've been meaning to anyway.

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This should be better.


Edit: a couple more pics.


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Have the springs settled yet? How much lower were the springs front and back?
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Damn Phin, that doesn't look any lower than stock. Are you sure the shop actually installed the springs?
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Originally Posted by mig888
Get a camber kit from K1 Motorsports - I have a nice, shiny set on mine and corrected any issue of tire wear (but can adjust negatively for semi-aggressive driving days).
ditto...
i got rear camber kit from k1 and had josefina install it...
it's now perfecto~

before


after
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 12:13 AM
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Damn Phin, that doesn't look any lower than stock. Are you sure the shop actually installed the springs?

It's definitely lower(I'd say an 1" to 1 1/4") then it was before,however I'm not sure if I put up the "after" photos or the "before" photos.I will check my pics and take some new pics sometime tomorrow.
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Have the springs settled yet? How much lower were the springs front and back?
yeah, they've settled.I had this done a few months ago.
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