GREGGO

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I'm tired of wearing my front tires out sooner than expected. What is your experience with extended tie rod ends? Anyone have them.

I found a tie rod flip kit on Stylin....Anyone use it and does it allow proper alignment as they claim?

http://www.stylinconcepts.com/part.a.../CategoryID/30

03NHSilvy

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the tie-rod adjustment only affects toe, which I've never had a problem getting into spec., and I have been aligning my truck once a month (I have to work late one week a month and there is never any work so.... ) the camber is set with cam bolts on the control arm, not too hard to set, sometimes it will shift as I tighten it (!) which is just an annoyance. So I really don't know if they will help.


edit-
I just realized they are for lowered trucks- I'm running a stock suspension so you can probably ignore what I just wrote lol

LVSTOGOFST2002

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ok, the tie rod flip kit allows for the tie rod to be positioned correctly when you lower the truck with springs. This is a bump steer correction, not an alignment correction. it merely makes your truck drive better on bumps., ( so it's worth the money in my book) as for wearing the tires, i'm not a ton sure... mine do it too, i've heard you can have a better alignment with djm upper control arms....... i've been considering it as the fix.

04BlackSilverado

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It dosent work with Hotchkis 2" springs!!!
That sucked.....

LOL

GREGGO

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I guess I should have mentioned I have a 3" spring drop in the front. As for bumps, I have no problem with them up front since I removed the stops. Matter of fact, the truck doesn't pull, it's just if I don't rotate my tires when I should, the front right outside has abnormal wear.

LVSTOGOFST2002

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i have 3" drop up front with springs, too. bump steer is when the wheels camber "in" on bumps, and such, it doesn't actually have to pull the vehicle, it just changes the aligment geometry, during the "bump" my wheels are wearing just as you stated, i believe the fix is djm upper control arms, it corrects the entire geometry of the front suspension. i dont' have my bump stops installed either...... hell, i can't imagine i'd even be using my spring, if they were in there.

Fogle07

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if the outside is wore then you have to much positive camber. might want to get the alignment checked on it.