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Originally Posted by finch1750
On the topic of driving your car I daily my car and just got my first set of 200tw tires (RS-3s) with plans to run my first full autox season and am looking for help in making them last as long as possible.
I currently have -2.5 front and -2 rear camber with zero toe all around. I have camber plates, crash bolts and spc bolts in the front for adjustment. I was thinking of maybe pulling the crash bolts for my next alignment and then install them only for events to get to the -3 mark then swap back after. I am hoping to get the most use out of the tires since I wont have a second set of wheels until summer time when I can daily those instead of the RS-3. Any suggestions on my idea or what your guys have done that has worked?
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That sounds like a huge pain in the ass for minimal gains in tire life, especially on "slow" tires compared to something like RE-71R or Rival S.
I ran similar alignment to your current specs and got some inner edge wear (~7k street miles) and outer edge wear (track/autocross abuse)... I'd bet you'd see a little bit more inner edge wear than I did on the street and less outer edge wear with the increased camber. That said, toe wears tires a lot more quickly than camber.
Flip the tires halfway through their life and you can extend the life a bit.