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Old Apr 11, 2018 | 08:52 PM
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my question is, on the challenger srt I traded for my stingray, the front tires are canted inward at the top, for handling. This causes the tires to prematurely wear out on the inside at only 33,000 mi. Can not be corrected with out new upper control arms a $650 per side expense. How is the c7 stingray set?
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Old Apr 11, 2018 | 08:54 PM
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About -1 from the factory. Very adjustable. You are not likely to get 33,000 miles from the Michelin Pilot Powers.

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About -1 from the factory. Very adjustable. You are not likely to get 33,000 miles from the Michelin Pilot Powers.
thanx. At a thousand mi. I can already see it going away. I’m not an aggressive driver, well maybe just a bit, we will see.
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Originally Posted by Taevon lee
thanx. At a thousand mi. I can already see it going away. I’m not an aggressive driver, well maybe just a bit, we will see.
I was running about -1.2 in front and had to replace fronts at around 25k, maybe a dozen or so auto X.
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Here are the GM alignment specs for the C7:



Notice the adjustment range. It can actually go further than that since the track alignment takes camber out to -2.0 I have -2.3 on my Z06 for the track season. You can get pretty good tire mileage with the -0.2 left front camber and -0.5 right front camber.

All it takes is moving some cams on the lower control arms and adding removing shims from behind the upper control arms. A real advantage of having a double wishbone race car suspension. Much better than a McPherson Strut Suspension that exists because it is low cost.

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Originally Posted by Taevon lee
my question is, on the challenger srt I traded for my stingray, the front tires are canted inward at the top, for handling. This causes the tires to prematurely wear out on the inside at only 33,000 mi. Can not be corrected with out new upper control arms a $650 per side expense. How is the c7 stingray set?
You don't need new control arms for the corvette, if that's what you mean.
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