Rear Wheels Inside Wear
 

I've done some searches and haven't really seen any pictures of this so I thought I'd post here and see if I can get some opinions.

I have an 08 4.8i with only 10,420 mi on the Dunlaps. I was filling up at the gas station and noticed this very bad wear on the inside of the tires. I snapped a couple of pictures for you guys to see.

You think I should be concern? I've read a couple of post on here of folks getting 35K on the runflat Dunlaps. I understand the rear camber is set at near -2.0 but to get this bad of wear seems strange to me with this low miles.

Any ways just wanted to get some opinions on here from the community. Check it out!

Get an alignment with your new set of tire. If the camber is indeed still at -2.0 degree, then I'll bet that you're toe-out. Just -2.0 degree camber should NOT cause this excessive wear. Same thing happened to my first set of tire...had it corrected the toe setting on my next set and it wore evenly since.

dkl, would it be best to have the dealer do the alignment?

It shouldn't matter if you can find a competent tire shop. I had mine done at a local tire shop as the dealer wanted $350 :yikes: Call me cheap...but that's crazy money for a simple 4-wheel alignment. The alignment still held up true after going through 1 set of tires, which worn very evenly (went in for an alignment after having new tires installed a few months ago, but everything checked out fine...so no need for any further adjustments...therefore, no charge - sweeeeeeeeet).

Just found out dealership is running a special on 4 wheel alignments. I'm going to give that a try and maybe get some more miles out of these Dunlaps.

I had similar wear in the rears on my 22" Sumitomo Tires.... 20K miles and needed a new pair of rear tires...

What's toe-out.?.:)

Yes. And that is normal wear, that's just how it is on these cars. I'm not saying it's good, it's just par for the course.

Once again, X5 Meister takes the cake. Fact is and according to Ted's BMW, Mercedes, Audi who is a CERTIFIED BMW Mechanic, the rear toe-in on all X5's is, in his words: "EXCESSIVE" And to further quote: "Always has been and he does not know why." He says the wear is especially noticible on "soft" tires and tells me I have perhaps 30,000 miles on my brand new 22" tires.

Alignment Report
 

Well you guys were right!

I went ahead and posted the alignment report done by the dealership and as you can see things were not that way off as I would have thought.

The first couple of pictures you see on this thread are the right rear tire and the one I'm most surprise to see that nothing was off as far as the camber & toe.

I guess it just a combination of X5 aggressive stance, soft tires, and horrible FL roads! :cool:

I guess I should start looking for either a different make of tire and/or saving for the next similar set! Thanks for the help.