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Originally Posted by rph74
The insides of the tires will wear out faster when aligned to spec. My 540 also does the same thing. The negative camber is what gives BMW's better handling.
The only solution that I can think of while still maintaining the excellent handling is to periodically take the tires to a tire shop to have the tires flipped--moving passenger's side tire to driver's side and vice versa. I was told it would be $17 to have it done. That's a small price to pay to get 15,000 + extra miles out of your rears!
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The problem with that theory is that many people have experienced regular and even tire wear with the stock camber settings. Yes, camber helps handling but it doesn't necessarily wear out tires faster. Toe settings are much more likely to be the cause. See the many references in the posts above.
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