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At what point are you creating wear?

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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 09:15 AM
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Default At what point are you creating wear?

Yes, I did search. However, I couldn't find the direct answer to my question. So here it is: I understand that when you lower your car in any way it creates strain and different angle settings on parts of the car (I.E. more wear on the axles, changing the angle of the control arms.......) leaving things to go out quicker on your car.

Is there a certain "safe point" if you will that will allow the lowering of your car without creating strain on parts of the car? Like any thing past 2 inches bla bla bla.........

I am sorry if my question may not seem very direct but I am curious to know at what point are you are you simply creating more wear then the car can handle. Thanks ahead of time. hiya.gif
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 10:08 AM
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camber is what wears your tires

not the actual lowering although when you lower it, it tends to tuck the tires inward creating negative camber

you can actually lower the car onto the damn ground and not wear tires if you know what your doing
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 10:57 AM
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I put 100k on my axles after lowering my elantra and they didn't give up until the boot tore, I didn't do crap about it, and finally drove through a ton of rain pretty much power washing them. Then they started to pop.
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