Alignment after Lowering
"as NG pointed out; GM has left us a pretty wide spread in the numbers"
The reason GM left such a wide spec on the HHR is because the only adjustment that can be made on the line is toe in. This wide spec wasn't designed to benefit you it was for GM's benefit. The closer you are to the target spec the better tire life you will have.
Since the Plus size tires run more money. It won't take long scuffing off the insides of your tires before you've left the money you saved on a camber bolt kit out on the road.
Future Thread...Anyone else have excessive tire wear???
The reason GM left such a wide spec on the HHR is because the only adjustment that can be made on the line is toe in. This wide spec wasn't designed to benefit you it was for GM's benefit. The closer you are to the target spec the better tire life you will have.
Since the Plus size tires run more money. It won't take long scuffing off the insides of your tires before you've left the money you saved on a camber bolt kit out on the road.
Future Thread...Anyone else have excessive tire wear???
True...I will be rotating my tires every 5,000 in an effort to minimize the wear pattern. These low profile tires are made of a soft compound and I'm guessing that these tires, regardless of drop, don't last as long as regular sized radials. The price we pay for performance and looks.
This is the first set of tires that I've owned that are not only directional but are also marked left tire and right tire. So I can only rotate them front and back, I won't be able to cross rotate them unless they are completely removed from the rim. Interesting...
Ng
This is the first set of tires that I've owned that are not only directional but are also marked left tire and right tire. So I can only rotate them front and back, I won't be able to cross rotate them unless they are completely removed from the rim. Interesting...
Ng
Originally Posted by ng8650
True...I will be rotating my tires every 5,000 in an effort to minimize the wear pattern. These low profile tires are made of a soft compound and I'm guessing that these tires, regardless of drop, don't last as long as regular sized radials. The price we pay for performance and looks.
This is the first set of tires that I've owned that are not only directional but are also marked left tire and right tire. So I can only rotate them front and back, I won't be able to cross rotate them unless they are completely removed from the rim. Interesting...
Ng
This is the first set of tires that I've owned that are not only directional but are also marked left tire and right tire. So I can only rotate them front and back, I won't be able to cross rotate them unless they are completely removed from the rim. Interesting...
Ng
On my speed demon car G35, the tires are different sizes... so no rotation is allowed... this was designed this way...
Originally Posted by hvrod
True rotation is great..
On my speed demon car G35, the tires are different sizes... so no rotation is allowed... this was designed this way...
On my speed demon car G35, the tires are different sizes... so no rotation is allowed... this was designed this way...
Ng
Originally Posted by ng8650
HV you have Nitto's? Are yours also designated for left and right side?
Ng
Ng
Correct...
always make sure the alignment/balancing guys put them on the correct sides.. had a few times (in my G35) they installed them wrong..
Originally Posted by hvrod
Correct...
always make sure the alignment/balancing guys put them on the correct sides.. had a few times (in my G35) they installed them wrong..
always make sure the alignment/balancing guys put them on the correct sides.. had a few times (in my G35) they installed them wrong..
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