I thought I had finished all my summer spending, but then, after a pretty bad spinout (no damage) in the rain last night, i couldnt put off buying tires until next year, So I bought tires, yoko avs es100's for my kopis. but then came another problem, my camber. I didnt want to go through tires yearly, so i bought IE's street camber plates, and a pair of offset strut bearings, that should bring my camber from -2.5, one degree positive, to -1.5 and give me relatively even tire wear for daily driving, but giving my the adjustability to go between, -1.5 to -3 degrees of camber if I want to do some autocross (which I plan to) so now, after winter tires, i should be all done spending (big stuff), it sucks when you end up spending more than you want ($775 for everything), but I think these are a good, long term invesment. just thought i'd share.
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Phew, I was afraid I was going to find a wrecked E30 in this thread.
Every upgrade is worth it, whether it seems like it at the time or not. :)
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And killing your old ones in donuts is more fun!
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I wish I had that kind of money to blow.
I have to save for school (only 6 years to go)
Good Luck with the new parts!
-Spencer
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i dont have that kind of money to blow, that's the problem, im pretty mad at myself for spending it, but it really couldnt be put off anymore, i cant afford tires every year, so the camber stuff was a must, and the tires were definately a must.Originally posted by Spencer
I will definately be videotaqing me destroying my current tires :twisted:Dan
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Just look at it this way. If you crashed your car in the rain because of bald tires, you would be out a lot more than $775... just picture the the damage and $775 starts looking like cheap insurance for inteligant purchases.Originally posted by DanGillan'88 M3.2 S54 Lachssilber/Black
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yea, i have NO! regrets about buying tires, i just didnt wanna spend the extra 350 on camber plates and offset strut bushings, but it'll save the tires... no, I actually dont regret anything, I just dont have that money right now considering im going to school in 2 weeks...Dan
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Your car isn't low enough to need camber plates to ADD camber, if anything you should use them to add negative camber. You guys and your tire wear are pussies :) Don't lower your car if you don't want your tires to wear faster.Comment
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my car is DEFINATELY low enough.... each fender is about 23.2" off the ground.... why would I not want camber plates? what is the sense of tire wear if it can be prevented? i dont have money to kill, i need to add positive camber for lots of highway daily driving, id go through tires yearly, plus I want the adjustibility for autocross/track stuff.Dan
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Big man does a couple autocrosses and all of a sudden has some hair on his balls. :POriginally posted by Digitalwave
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Adam Fogg- '88 M3
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I'd guess you'd be on your 3rd set of tires when those camber investments pay for themselves.
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2nd, and so? i plan on having this car for a while... plus now ill have adjustibility for track stuff.Dan
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Hey man, i wouldnt complain :) Here's 4 degrees of neg camber and this is WITH eccentric Trailing arm bushes dialing out as much camber as they can. . . .
The car is completely on the ground though - wouldnt be many e30's lower than it.
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