New tyres for the R36

[Cro]

Yeah I have the 18's with stock rims, you might want to pre-order your PS2's as I know several sizes are out of stock completely. Otherwise you will face the same problem as me.

Those are the settings I chose for my car to get the most life out of the tyres (front 0 toe, back 0 toe 0 camber). Best to go to a steering and suspension specialist that uses the old school measuring devices, those lasers that Bob Jane and others use are never calibrated very often causing them to be very dodgy.
If you are in Sydney I can highly recommend Heasemens in Sydenham.

I reckon I could have got at least 25,000kms out of the tyres if I picked up the wheel alignment issues a lot sooner than I did (12,000kms). As the front is set to 1 degree negative camber rotate the tyres every 5,000 km to keep the inside edges of the fronts from wearing out.
My driving style is very agressive and I've done thousands of km's on twisty roads throughout country NSW, so you may get even more life out of them

[DiMmY]

If you drive aggressively, then why get rid of the camber at the rear?

[Cro]

So I can get more than 17,000kms out of a set of tyres worth $2400...

[DiMmY]

So I can get more than 17,000kms out of a set of tyres worth $2400...

Surely you could put even .5 degree neg camber on the rear and still keep a fair bit of life in them...?

I know several enthusiasts that run -1.5F and -1R and still get fantastic life out of the tyres.

[Gipper]

Surely you could put even .5 degree neg camber on the rear and still keep a fair bit of life in them...?

I know several enthusiasts that run -1.5F and -1R and still get fantastic life out of the tyres.

I used to run -3 deg on the front and -2 on the rear and always got very even wear. I couldnt dial in any more camber on them. My biggest problem was wear on the shoulders. My cornering was always "spirited". Any less camber any i would have rubbed the shoulders off before thr rest of thr tyre showed any wear.

[brad]

Dimmer & Gippy

Have you 2 got R36 passats?

[Gipper]

Dimmer & Gippy

Have you 2 got R36 passats?

Brad, no I dont yet. The car I used to have so much neg camber was an STi WRX.
I am not for a moment saying that CRO should be running this amount of camber as each car is different.
I am actullay glad that CRO has warned the rest of us to keep an eye out on tyre wear. I will certainly be monitoring this closesly and will be getting an alignment done as soon as i pick up the car. I will probably be dialing in some neg camber on the front and rears and then seeing how this effects tyre wear.