Tim.. wrote:
>
> "Chris Whelan" <cawhelan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:GA%Ij.37001$Ge4.24770@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 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..
By 12K, the fronts on mine would be below 3mm. That's the lowest I will
go.
I've used Continental Eco-Contacts, apart from one one set of NCT5's that
I
hated. The wear pattern is always pretty even; I get the tracking checked
every other tyre change, and it's only needed one very small correction in
the life of the car. (1999.)
I do live in an area with a *lot* of roundabouts, and I like to exploit
the
handling of the Focus, so I'm not too upset!
Chris
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