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Hi there,

Thanks to everyone who helped out on this thread viewtopic.php?f=30&t=63552. Since, I've found a cheap set of 15x7 +40 wheels that I like the look of and weigh about the same as the OEM rims and they're being fitted with AD08Rs on Monday. My plan is to keep this set for MX-5 club vic championship rounds. Feel free to let me know if this plan is rubbish - I don't know what I'm talking about but am trying to work it out.

I've also arranged to pick up this second hand set of wheels and tyres:



They're 205/50 R15 Falken Azenis.

I've got a stock NB8C with the maximum negative camber that the adjustors will allow. This is about -1.2 deg per side on the back. The front is assymmetric - one side is about -1 deg, the other side is about -0.3 degree. As an aside does this assymetry suggest a problem - should I be looking in to this?

Is the camber wear on the Falkens going to be a problem? I'm heading to the PIARC sprint practice day this Saturday - would I be better off taking the Falkens or my 205/45 R16 Kumho KU 31s on OEM rims?

Cheers
Ben

should be fine. the tyre wall will flex and control the contact surface. inner wear doesn't look bad.

Thank you. It is good to know.

is that 1 degree neg one side and half a degree neg the other? or 3/10ths?

Either way, I'd be advising that you get them symmetrical.

I don't think it's necessarily indicative of a problem but why not ask the alignment shop what they think?

Stu