07-04-2014, 10:35 PM | #1 |
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Whats with the rear camber on our X5's/X5Ms?
So i got my X5M about a year and a half ago and it had brand new tires on it. 18 months and 17k later the inside of the rears are basically bald. I had an alignment done back in january to hopefully slow the wear on the inside's but when i got the sheet showing the specs almost everything was in spec....yet the vehicle still has what appears to be a good amount of camber in the rear.
Is this normal? Do your guys rear's wear evenly? I bought a new set of tires for the vehicle....but i want to be on top of this before i have them installed as i'm not ok with tires only lasting 15-20k because of uneven tire wear. Any insight/suggestions are appreciated.
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07-05-2014, 10:31 AM | #3 |
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Camber doesn't wear tires as much as toe does, even -0.1 can wear a tire more so than -1.5 degrees of camber. When getting toe set, you want to measure into the hundredths. E.g. -0.0x as much as possible, camber is a good thing, up to -2.0 is fine on the street.
The other hard thing is that with staggered tire setups, we can't exactly rotate tires to even out wear, which is highly recommended and can add some 10-20% more life to a tire. |
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07-07-2014, 12:55 AM | #4 |
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You can have the tires taken off the wheels at about 10k and swapped side to side. So the inside of the right tire would end up being the outside of the left tire. It's a pain in the butt however it will help your tires wear longer.
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