"Chris Whelan" <cawhelan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> frank@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
>> Sorry, I meant to say:
>>
>> On the camber for the specification for the rear wheels is + .03 to -
>> 2.3.
>> So if you had it aligned and the camber measurement came it at + .4,
>> would
>> you expect the tech to set it to
>> the specification's midpoint? Firestone told me if it's in spec, they
>> are
>> taught not to adjust it. They also said the adjustment from .3 to mid
>> point is very small. Agree/disagree?
>>
>> The reason I ask is that I'm going thru tires in 25 K miles and I want
>> my
>> car aligned as good as it can be.
>>
>> FYI it's 2003 ZTS
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Frank
>
> I'm in the UK, where we don't normally swap tyres around, and tyre wear
> rates are high due to the nature of our roads. My experience may be
> different to the US. However, front tyres on my Focus can be worn out in
> as
> little as 10K miles, and rears in 25K.
>
> If you are rotating your tyres when part-worn, and getting 25K miles
from
> a
> set of four, that's pretty good by my standards!
I used to rotate the tyres on my Focus front - back once at about 12k
miles,
and regularly got 25k out of them. I was using Pirelli P6000's at the
time.
Tim..
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