Tire shaving to fight premature camber wear?

[anerbe]

shaving a tire is for racing. it's to get more of the rubber to contact the ground with an agressive camber setup.

not shaving your tires, they will eventually wear to an even footprint on the ground, which typically means more inner tire wear.

the tire footprint (area of contact on the ground) is effected by the inflation, alignment settings, contour/construction/tread pattern of the tire.

to summarize.

if you need the highest levels of grip right now, shave your tires. If you can wait and want more miles out of your tires, dont.

[jst2878]

if your that concerned get a rear camber kit from bavauto and realign your vehicle. that will solve the problem

[TrickerZ]

So wait, you're trying to shave off tread to save it? Think about that for a minute. Eventually, your tire will wear to be flat against the ground with negative camber. If you're worried, rotate your tires left<->right and get more life out of them or get rid of the camber and lose the handling. If it's extreme wear, it's because you have toe, not the camber. Shaving is for racing tires to get better grip. Most R compounds are supposed to be shaved to remove the top layer of oil and crap.

[Repoman]

I appreciate all the input. I will look into the bavauto kit, probably a better fix. I bought the 5-year alignment from NTB a while back so it costs me nothing each time I check/align the vehcile . . . which is often. Each time it's checked, it's never really out of alignment, only a slight adjustment if any every few times. Straightening the camber as much as I could has made some difference but not enough. Still going through tires much more often than I would like. Thanks again.

[omodos]

Originally Posted by Repoman

I appreciate all the input. I will look into the bavauto kit, probably a better fix. I bought the 5-year alignment from NTB a while back so it costs me nothing each time I check/align the vehcile . . . which is often. Each time it's checked, it's never really out of alignment, only a slight adjustment if any every few times. Straightening the camber as much as I could has made some difference but not enough. Still going through tires much more often than I would like. Thanks again.

I have the issue too, and posted on the subject till i was blue in the face! repoman I reckon getting zero toe and 0 camber will sort out the tire wear, I couldn't get that on mine, the toe was set to it's minimum but that pushed the camber out of factory spec, camber was then put back to just within factory spec and my toe was ok but not zero, not found a suspension expert to look at this yet,alignment guy said it can be anything from bushings isssue to bent components....very annoying

[omodos]

also the shaving well you may as well wait for the camber to shave it off for you?

[JCL]

Originally Posted by omodos

I have the issue too, and posted on the subject till i was blue in the face! repoman I reckon getting zero toe and 0 camber will sort out the tire wear....

Zero toe should help with the tire wear. Getting zero camber will sacrifice handling, and many people who buy the X5 appreciate the handling. The camber is there for a reason.

[anerbe]

^

1. Zero your toe
2. Your suspension components may be wearing out, causing geometry changes when accelerating/braking. Get these checked/replaced

[primetime]

Do like others said. You need a camber kit...done.

[kishg]

so you basically want to remove the area of the tire that would be worn to begin with?

shaving is not the solution. personally, i like the camber..