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      01-10-2012, 04:30 PM   #1
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Rear Toe arms with Coilovers.

Looking at buying a set of KW V3's and don't know whether to buy a set of adjustable rear toe arms as well?

My biggest concern is premature tyre wear more than anything else.
Are they necessary to prevent the tyres from scalloping on the insides once lowered on the coilovers, or is it just a waste of money?

Thanks advance for any help/suggestions.
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      01-10-2012, 10:17 PM   #2
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Looking at buying a set of KW V3's and don't know whether to buy a set of adjustable rear toe arms as well?

My biggest concern is premature tyre wear more than anything else.
Are they necessary to prevent the tyres from scalloping on the insides once lowered on the coilovers, or is it just a waste of money?

Thanks advance for any help/suggestions.
The factory arms are adjustable also, just not as much. If you don't lower it a lot, you should have enough adjustment in the factory arms. If you lower it a bunch, you may run out. Once you get the KW's installed, you can get an alignment and see if you have enough adjustment range. If you run out, then you will want the aftermarket toe arms. The lower arms adjust camber though, and you will need to get both the camber and the toe set in the rear.
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Looking at buying a set of KW V3's and don't know whether to buy a set of adjustable rear toe arms as well?

My biggest concern is premature tyre wear more than anything else.
Are they necessary to prevent the tyres from scalloping on the insides once lowered on the coilovers, or is it just a waste of money?

Thanks advance for any help/suggestions.
There is plenty of adjustments in the 1M rear toe arms. Unless you are going with out of the norm camber settings, which requires more adjustments from the toe arms, you don't need them. However, the adjustable rear toe arms do allow much easier and precise adjustments of toe. Your alignment tech. will thank you for installing them.
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