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Originally Posted by FSETH
^ Camber does have an affect on tire wear, but it is not as critical as toe. You can run significant negative camber and get good tire wear with the toe set at or close to zero. However, if you run excessive toe in or out, it doesn't matter what your camber is set to. Your tires will be shredded regardless.
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Too much negative camber and the inside edge is worn all the way to the belt and the outside edge is still o.k.
or as previous posted
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Originally Posted by tmv
....I have the camber setting at the low end of BMW spec (the least camber), and toe setting as close to 0 as possible. No handling issue (unless you drive your SAV as a race car) and the Michelin Diamaris no longer have the excessive inner-tire wear that they used to, after about 8K miles so far.
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