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Old 10-14-2012 | 06:55 PM
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Different F and R tires

I got tired of the front negative camber making me prematurely buy front new tires. Past 3 years, I have run Michelins in the back and the cheapest y or zr rated tires in the front (currenlty cooper tires). Anybody else runnning different F and R tires?
Old 10-14-2012 | 07:23 PM
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No worries. At the rate tires get eaten there's no other way.
Old 10-14-2012 | 07:43 PM
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Yup, that must be the standard practice for us e55 guys.
Old 10-14-2012 | 07:50 PM
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I'm was actually thinking of getting used ones for the front and getting new ones for the back lol
Old 10-14-2012 | 08:11 PM
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im running fullway hp198 in the front and hankook ventus v12 in the rear!
Old 10-14-2012 | 08:48 PM
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Man if someone can come up with a simple reliable way to reduce that negative camber, that would be a winner.
Old 10-14-2012 | 09:27 PM
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Your rears outlast your fronts? Crazy...lol

I run Hankook V12s out front and R-S3's rear.
Old 10-14-2012 | 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by GT-ER
Your rears outlast your fronts? Crazy...lol

I run Hankook V12s out front and R-S3's rear.
Yes, my rears outlast my fronts. I rarely ever floor it or go WOT..... Unlike the rest of you speed demon law breakers I follow the law.
Old 10-14-2012 | 10:20 PM
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Yes, my rears outlast my fronts. I rarely ever floor it or go WOT..... Unlike the rest of you speed demon law breakers I follow the law.
WEEIIIRRRDDDDOOOOOOOOOO

I could probably go through 3 sets of rears before my fronts are gone.
Old 10-15-2012 | 12:39 AM
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I too run different front and rears. Cheap contis up front and Dunlop direzzas in rear. This is my 3rd set of rears to my fronts, which are still at about 45 to 35 percent tread life.
Old 10-15-2012 | 09:59 AM
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K-mac front camber kit saved my front tires, the rear get replaced twice before the front one do. Mostly due to the rear inner side being wear out faster. K-mac now make a rear camber kit for air-matic. I don't know if this kit fit non-airmatic car since I swap them out for coilover.
Anyone know if the rear camber bolts the same for air-matic and non-airmatic car?
Old 10-15-2012 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Peter_02AMG
K-mac front camber kit saved my front tires, the rear get replaced twice before the front one do. Mostly due to the rear inner side being wear out faster. K-mac now make a rear camber kit for air-matic. I don't know if this kit fit non-airmatic car since I swap them out for coilover.
Anyone know if the rear camber bolts the same for air-matic and non-airmatic car?
I researched those front camber kits and I came across some negative reviews. That is why I have not purchased them.
Old 10-15-2012 | 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by jcjmw
I researched those front camber kits and I came across some negative reviews. That is why I have not purchased them.
You won't know until you try it out. These K-mac front camber does give you some +degree of camber adjustment. I will try anything if it will save my tires, before I was buying new tires every 5-6K miles. I even had those POS MB Arts rear control arms on.

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