I’m going to lower my Protegé and I’m concerned about camber. Will lowering my car increase camber too much and cause a tire wear problem?
Protegés, like most sedans with McPherson strut suspensions, do not have a very aggressive camber curve. In other words, compressing the suspension on a Protegé will not increase negative camber very much- the increase is usually less than 1° for mild amounts of lowering (less than 1.5″). This is good for people who intend to lower their car for appearance purposes, or for a moderate handling improvement without creating a tire wear problem. The stock camber spec for a Protegé is 0.5°-1.0° negative, and lowering the car less than 1.5″ will usually increase camber to about 1.5°-2.0° negative. This will not cause a big tire wear problem unless the car is always driven on straight highways with no hard corners. Even at large amounts of lowering (1.5″+) a Protegé’s camber will usually not increase so much that it can’t be easily and inexpensively corrected to less than 1.5° negative (refer to the following section). In fact, Protegés tend to wear out the outside of their front tires very q
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