Alignment information for us E53 owners

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Originally Posted by BigBlack48is

Hello everyone,

As we all know our beloved E53's suffer from what BMW refers to as " The ultimate driving experience "... but as all of us know, it should be pronounced as " The ultimate tire shredding experience "

So has anyone taken their E53 to Firestone tire to get their "lifetime alignment" ?? <- I have it for my 3.0i and my E39. Used it twice on each of them already.

It looks like the guy who owned mine before me has already "fixed" the front camber issues by removing the plastic pins on the strut towers and tried to fix the rear negative camber issue. But didn't fix the sloppy ball joint before he had them adjust the eccentric's on the rear. I obvioously do not want to take it back to BMW, because they will set it back to max camber / tow on the rear.... anyone have any safe ranges we can setup our E53 too, so I have something to reference?

Any input is appreciated

I let them adjust everything as per BMW spec, except "toe" setting for the rear. They're set as close to "0" as possible. No more pre-mature inner tire wear.
I'll have them do the same thing for the 4.8iS after I switch the HRE wheels over.