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Rear camber adjustment
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No, you can't get to almost zero with stock parts.
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Unless you don't take turns you don't want zero camber. O
If you are getting inside tire wear it's from negative toe (pointing out) usually from a worn ball joint or two. Just changed wife's tires at about 3/32" left and they were actually sightly more worn on the outer edge in spite of 1.5° neg camber.
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I assume the E53 X5 shares similar chassis with the E39 5-series.
For the E39 5-series, I adjusted the REAR camber down to -1.3 degrees. Here are the tricks: https://www.bimmerfest.com/threads/d...gnment.547533/
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When the new parts they will come to a decent range. Mine went from 2.2 to 1.5
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My X5 has brand new 255/60R17 tires on it. With stock parts, the angle is 2 degrees or so on both sides. Measured with my iPhone.
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So I'd recommend you do your own alignment just setting the adjustments to minimize camber. No need to measure until after you are done, if you want. At that point, you can see if you are within or below spec. And the main reason is that if your camber is too big (too negative), even when maximally adjusted the other way, an alignment shop might set everything up, run things, and then tell you it was impossible. Doing this first will save you that check. Regarding measurement, I used to use a carpenter square (big L-shaped thing 24"x18") to measure the rim camber, but I now use a digital angle gauge. I've posted on here about that - the Klein Tools DAGL935, if I remember correctly, is amazing for this. Below 0.1* accuracy. It's a general purpose tool as well, so you can make sure everything in your house is straight and level too.
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You definitely want to do a rough string alignment before going to a shop for exactly the reasons mentioned.
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I got my car aligned with lasers...and I have to say, I HATE the -1.5 camber look. It still looks like my car is a squatty potty on the rear axle... -_-
All other cars I see drive on the road seem to not have that much rear camber.
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