thatevo_sj

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Does anyone with full negative camber have experience with sensible summer tires?

I've been running RE-11A/Z2* for DD. Fun times, but I would like to reduce my cost/mile a bit.

Looking for reasonable cost, decent grip, medium treadwear, good wet handling. No need to handle freezing temps - so all seasons are not on my list.

The complicating factor is camber : I had some 340 treadwear Conti DW's that I really liked for price/performance/treadwear, but my -2/-1.5 camber killed them in 15k miles (inside corded with outside at 1/2 tread...).

heel2toe

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That is not a very aggressive alignment. What is your toe? Im guessing you have toe issues or else you drive like a grandma but even then 15k on a tire like that and that alignment doesnt add up.

LetsGetThisDone

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Yea, something else is up, I got 15k and 10 autocrosses out of the Dunlop Z2* I had on my car. What's the toe in on your alignment? At zero toe in that alignment should be fine. You could maybe run a little less camber in the rear 1-1.2. But it shouldn't really matter.

Aby@MIL.SPEC

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yeah, check your toe settings.

im @ similar settings, minimal toe out.

i have ~25/30 on my michellins & got simlar mileage out of my previous conti dw tires.

thatevo_sj

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Thanks for the responses guys.

I get usually get 10-15k out of my 180-200 treadwear tires, (depending on how naughty or nice I am that year) - so the excess wear on the Conti DW's surprised me.

I was running with a little bit of toe in front and rear at the time - I was trying to save $$ and use a conservative alignment... I'll have to dig up the paper and see what the #'s were. I usually have 0 front and little toe out rear. Funny if my attempt at a conservative alignment killed them...

LetsGetThisDone

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Toe in usually wears the outside edge a bit faster. So with how you wore the tires, I would say run less camber, or drive the car harder to use up more outside tread lol

NeedNoRoad

yeah, just run less camber

Neal@tirerack

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May want to check out the BFG GForce Sport C2 or B-Stone RE760 as a longer life sport tire. Thats two classes below the extreme perf RE-11's. One step below would be B-Stone's S04 or Michelin Super Sport.

03whitegsr

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15k miles on a set of tires is bad?

Must be my driving but I'm feeling good if I get 12k before there is no tread left, pretty much on any tread life tire (harder tires slide more???). I don't usually have issues with camber wear though and I'm running -2.5* currently in the front with 1/32" toe out. Every corner I get the chance to rip around, I usually do.