Tire wear

[Cyrix2k]

Originally Posted by heatmizr

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Stock specs are way too much toe-in.
I got an indie shop to set me alignment CLOSER to what ard posted (though not as close as I would have liked) and it did help on my new set of tires. Still an issue though, so I also raised the tire pressures ~3 lb to try to extend their life.

With your issue, I only got 12k miles (!) on my first set of tires before the fronts were alarmingly bald on the outer edges. For $1200 tires, that is a hundred dollars per 1k miles!

My guess is that the factory allows for some dynamic toe-out at high speeds that are never realized on American roads. That said, at least on my dad's 30i, the tires seem to wear relatively well. His eat the inside of the rears which is normal for BMWs.