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Postby hks_kansei » Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:48 pm

broady wrote:edit: I guess you could take the tyres off and switch sides because AFAIK they are symmetrical


that's what I meant.

should only cost you $50 at a tyre shop for them to be swapped. (take the wheels off yourself and bring them in, they'll usually do a discount because you've done the dirty work yourself.)
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Postby mxfive95 » Sat Feb 20, 2010 12:49 pm

I finaly did it! Took my car into a tyre place and got them to put the R888's on and changed the front and rear cambers to -1. I wanted -1.5 on the front but aparently -1 was max :( Good thing is it grips like sh*t to a blanket! I just can't loose the back end like my old G3's used to!

I was told by the tyre dude who used to be in the pit crew for one of the v8 super cars not to change the direction of the Tyres as the grooves help keep the tyre from over heating and cause the steel has been spun a certain way to reduce the rolling resistance.... Sounded right so went with it.

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