Bad Tire Wear - 6 months X5D

Originally Posted by Escondido

I have the 20"s and took the advice of this forum to get an independent alignment at about 1,600 miles. Still to soon to have results. I'll try to get back here with my results after a few more thousand miles.

Came from the factory with:
LF .1 camber,7.2 caster, 1.4 toe RF -.2 camber,7.0 caster, .16 toe total toe .31
LR -1.3 camber, .06 toe RR -1.8 camber .05 toe total toe .10
Now set at:
LF .1 camber, 7.2 caster, .06 toe RF -.2 camber, 7.0 caster, .06 toe total toe .12
LR -.04 camber, .14 toe RR -.06 camber, .05 toe total toe .18

Have to say that the Dunlops are riding smooth and silent so far even before the alignment. I am at about 1,900 miles now. Dont notice any excess wear, but give it a few more miles, who knows.

I'm impressed. Way to be proactive.

That toe was quite a lot from the factory. If you are reporting the toe in the units BMW specs that sounds like it was out of spec. I like toe down at 0.02 or so for max wear.

Thanks for possting and report back. Like to hear you get nice long and even wear. Actually, IMO, the 'even' wear is more important.....just seems more 'right'

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