"Chris Whelan" <cawhelan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Tim.. wrote:
>
>>
>> "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..
>
> 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!
Not many round-abouts "around" here!
Tim..
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