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Originally Posted by JWMich
Well, I'm not sure what your brother means by difficult to align. I can tell you I've lowered mine with the H&R kit and my shop didn't have any problems doing a four wheel alignment afterward.
However, mine still has the same old spec amount of camber that it did before it was lowered - which has always resulted in inner wear on the rears of all my BMWs. I suppose it's possible you won't be able to dial in the camber differently and reduce the inner wear if you lower, and maybe you could if you left it at stock height. I've never tried, I just make sure they gave the toe good and live with the wear pattern.
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It was said by his alignment tech, who apparently has an X5, and tried to lower it and get it back to factory spec's with it lowered and was unable to do. He also said that at factory height, he tried to get it aligned to the point that he was not buying new rear tires every year. He said after everything was dialed in to not wear tires, the truck handled so poorly that he put it back and decided to just live with it. My brother has stated, at factory specs under normal driving conditions (10-15k a year) that the tires will need to be replaced once a year. Several people at his dealership have confirmed this, and it has been the case on my E39 since I have owned it.
As far as camber plates and adjustable rear links, where does one find these? Is there one manufacture that is better then another?
What about the sway bar, can someone point me into the direction of an eibach front?
10-15-2013, 01:22 PM
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