Well I went an inch wider on the summer wheels. With slightly less positive offset to compensate and keep it cenetered. It still looks like it resulted in a very small negative camber. I understand that can be good for aggresive cornering, but for commuting all this will do is increase tire wear in one spot meaning the tire may have a shorter lifespan? Nothing serious though right?
>im an accidental stance user
Pic related is stock
this doesnt even look like 1 degree to me
you wont notice any change in wear
So +1 for “everythings fine”
Don't be a pussy and go -5 degrees
negative 1 degree makes such a difference imo, even a solid alignment by someone who knows what they are doing helped my car handle so much better. I'll be chasing low end power soon because my car is so slow.
sticking your wheel further out wont increase/decrease your camber.
This. Jesus.
Did your old tires wear on one side? No? Then your wider ones won't either.
>Basic leverage principles
Agreed. You shouldn't notice a difference in either handling or tire wear.
even your stock wheel has slight negative camber. if you're that worried about it go get an alignment, which you should be doing twice a year anyway, especially if you're replacing tyres
You think an extra inch or whatever of offset is gonna make the suspension buckle that much? No. It's irrelevant. Having a 4 year old in the trunk would give it more camber than that.
How do you like those summer tires? Not sure if you're from the US but they are the Bridgestone RE760 sport, correct?
Nice BRZ user
Cant be worse than mine on all 4 god damn side, rear passenger pic related
front driver side
That's a horrible alignment user, the rears are bald but the driver side still had tread
its an outdated model being phased out/discontinued. that being said, theyre a good tire.
That is the stock/correct alignment actually. In all truth at closer view the outside of the driver side only had maybe 3k miles left they were getting close to the wear bar. Also cheap all season tires that came with the car when I bought it. I was glad because I was finally able to put pic related meme tires on.
This is 350z? BTW, toes causes tire wear. Get your toe fixee. Your nin aggressive camber wouldn't cause that much tire wear.
I don't think you understand what "alignment" is.
Protip: alignment is has nothing to do with camber angle.
> People actually believe this.
Those threads are not road legal.
Are you over 18? Hmmm... I know! You are just a bus rider, how would you even know correct information.
Just fucking shut up!
This is my car's factory camber, it's on factory suspension and wheels all within factory spec.
Your camber is irrelevant.
Bmws have lots of negative camber, especially the z3s
In the rear, it makes the rear end more predictable.
Camber in the front aids in turn in, but I believe front camber spec for a z3 is 0 degrees.
Camber doesn't cause nearly as much uneven wear as toe does.
What'd you measure all this with? Butt dyno?
>rear end more predictable.
that's a funny way to describe understeer
Correct, and I like them. Surprisingly quiet for sporty summer tires.
Honestly a mech isn't going to be able to adjust my camber as far as I know.
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Camber in the rears shouldn't create understeer if the front end is set up properly. Remember that oversteer isn't the solution to a poorly set up front end.
if you have a good balance of grip, yes, but considering he has a front-biased center of mass i suspect the point of the rear camber is to keep the car consistently understeery so that idiots don't kill themselves
z3's are 49:51 FR.
But yes, the camber set up is to keep normies from dying. That's the same reason so many sports cars come with open difs too.
That would make sense because the BRZ has a rather forward biased balance. So a slight rear negative camber would help keep the car in line. And the camber is simply more noticeable with the wider tires.
>perhaps
>thread hijack
I replaced the tyres on my FiST, all stock Potenza RE050As. When I got them off both the inner and outer shoulders were more worn than the centre even though I'm running standard pressure. Most of my driving is on twisty roads, would that be the cause? Inner and outer edge had ~2mm, inside had ~4mm. Replaced them with Goodyear F1 Asy 3s.
i did not expect that weight distribution, that's impressive
You're running "underinflated".
Also who fucking cares, just buy new tires.
If you are under body roll often then yes because loading the outside suspension causes negative camber to increase.
Sorry. Read that as outer is more worn than inner.
I daily with -1.8* camber because tires are merely mortal and the rears still wear out fast than the fronts
>tfw stock stagger swagger
>implying I have the money to get separate street and track alignments
Yeah I should have said centre rather than inside. But both edges being more worn is a sign of underinflation, yet going over the standard psi makes the car drive like bambi on ice.
I thought that's what the culprit was, glad the alignment wasn't the issue.
no its a ctsv, toe was off by a bit when got my alignment done after i installed the new tires.
They are not, but they sure where fun when it rained.
My car is the exact opposite of that, its FR 51/49 feels really balanced, well except for the fact that it weights almost 4300 pounds but trust me that still does not stop it.
Of course a regular mechanic won't be able to adjust your alignment unless he has an alignment machine. To get your car aligned, you need to go to the alignment shop.
Also if your toe is off, you will surely suffer from tire feathering. You can get negative camber as long as you don't do it as aggressive as camber gang where only 1/4 of tire patch hits the pavement. Sure go for negative 2 camber but make sure your toe spec is proper as that matters most in tire wear.
Hope it helps you.
Post pics of your car please. I am interested in how it looks now.
It does. Also... that poor 86.
yeah sure. but do you want a pic of the alignment of the rear wheels? or how the tires I put on look? Will post them tomorrow if thread isnt dead yet.