12-27-2017, 02:52 PM | #1 |
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Who else has run these on their X5M and how much life have you gotten out of them?
I just swapped a set off mine that I purchased in October for actual snow tires and my rear tires have worn out BAD so much so the S is already gone that indicates it can be used in snow ... maybe only have little over 1k miles on them if that. Haven’t measured depth but it is nothing like the fronts both front/rear were new at this rate seems rears will only last 5k miles if I’m lucky. |
12-28-2017, 09:51 AM | #3 | |
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Maybe I will bite the bullet and take it to a stealership and have it rechecked bastards are a few hours away .. only shops around me are basic car shops and have no fucking clue what they are doing, last place I went and had the alignment done left a caliper bolt loose leaving me and my family stranded in Montreal. Could just be I'm having to much fun after installing the JB4 |
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12-28-2017, 10:24 AM | #4 |
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I have the DWS on my truck for about 4 months now. I have the JB4 Stage 1 on my truck and the tires still have the paint lines they came with when they were new. My driving style is very spirited and I drive about 40 miles a day to and from work.
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12-28-2017, 10:27 AM | #5 | |
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I put 50k miles on DWS’ before the S wore off and it only wore on the front right. DWS is a great tire! I suspect your toe is out. Toe can chew up a tire very quickly. Last edited by 335dsleeper; 12-28-2017 at 07:44 PM.. |
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12-28-2017, 01:26 PM | #6 |
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Your toe is off. This has nothing to do with the tire IMO. Get your alignment done, NOT to BMW specs, I repeat, NOT to BMW specs. But get toe set for 0.06 or less, as close to 0.01 as possible. 0.1 is not the same, nor good enough.
Camber is fine, and is not the killer of tires, you can run upwards of -2.5deg and it won't eat a tire like 0.8 deg of toe can. |
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12-29-2017, 09:28 AM | #7 |
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Looking at my alignment paperwork my total rear toe is 0.10 left and 0.11 right looks like this explains it.
Time to get it redone ... |
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12-30-2017, 12:39 PM | #8 |
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+1 on this.
I get my alignment shop to set toe at 0.02, which leads to good tire life (40k miles plus), of various types and brands. At 125k miles, on 3rd set now, about half life left. Went from Dueler RFT to Conti DWS non-RFT and back to RFT (Michelin ZP). Regarding the tire. DW06 is a replacement for DWS, so must be as good. DWS was a great tire. |
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01-02-2018, 11:36 AM | #10 |
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Yea I'm going this week to get a alignment done along with a few more of the recalls ... Dealership only charges $100 for alignment going to be needed anyway since replacing some suspension parts.
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01-03-2018, 12:41 AM | #11 | |
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You want to look for a "Performance alignment," shop. Or a performance shop, that does alignments. There are many of them, in each state and in major cities. I haven't a clue where you are located?
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01-03-2018, 11:20 AM | #12 | |
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I’m also going to make it very clear when I go in honestly I’d rather deal with a bit of a hassle at bmw than risk some shop fucking the truck up because they have never seen an x5m before ... that and the typical o it’s a special Bimmer going to have to charge $$$$ more once get in and have work as this has already happened a number of times just swapping some tires out before I found an honest place. Guy was honest and straightforward last time I was in for driveshaft recall so I’m willing to take a chance on it and I’m getting a few of the s63 recalls done while I’m there anyway |
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