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haigha 04-18-2020 12:12 PM

You're right. I don't see rear ones either. Maybe because the front ones fail more frequently. Sorry about the misleading info.

Purplecty 04-18-2020 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by haigha (Post 1181691)
You're right. I don't see rear ones either. Maybe because the front ones fail more frequently. Sorry about the misleading info.

I greatly appreciate all the info!

haigha 04-18-2020 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Purplecty (Post 1181692)
I greatly appreciate all the info!

You might want to check ECS Tuning. I saw a GKN rear pair on eBay but they're for an E70.

wpoll 04-18-2020 03:21 PM

I don't think I've ever heard of any rear CV boots failing on an X5 E53...

Purplecty 04-18-2020 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by wpoll (Post 1181711)
I don't think I've ever heard of any rear CV boots failing on an X5 E53...

I would post pics but Tapatalk wont let me anymore. Any other site I can use to post pics?

wpoll 04-18-2020 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Purplecty (Post 1181716)
I would post pics but Tapatalk wont let me anymore. Any other site I can use to post pics?

I use imgbb.com

Purplecty 04-18-2020 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by wpoll (Post 1181717)
I use imgbb.com

Sweet! Thanks! Here they are...


https://i.ibb.co/bX6TKsV/Attach0-123.jpg
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https://i.ibb.co/hLLF0Y5/Attach0-126.jpg
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andrewwynn 04-18-2020 07:05 PM

Is that the baby HF jack back there? 1.5T or is it 2T? I ask because back of x5 is 1.6T

Purplecty 04-19-2020 12:27 PM

Well here are the results! I went with the Firestone lifetime alignment warranty because why not?! How do the specs look?

https://i.ibb.co/QQDbDPd/20200419-112511.jpg

oldskewel 04-19-2020 02:37 PM

Looks not bad. Huge improvement of course. Will probably make your tires a lot happier.

I'd take it back after you drive for a while and things settle in.

Were they aiming for middle of spec on each thing, or did you give them targets?

Usually toe (definitely front toe at least) can be dialed in to .01 accuracy. Also both front toe values are not center of spec. Did you tell them to aim for straighter, or did they aim for that (some might like that), or was it just lack of precision.

It could be that they had a certain amount of time allocated for the alignment, and yours was so far out of spec on so many different things that they just slapped things mostly straight and went to the next adjustment. If so, then like I said, they'll make it better next time.

Front camber - the "book" may tell them it's not adjustable, but there is some adjustment by loosening the strut mount nuts and adjusting before re-tightening them. About 0.2* of adjustment as I recall. Not much.

On the rear camber, were they aiming for the middle and those 2.1 and 2.0 were as far as the adjustment would let them go, or were they aiming for about 2? Since you just did all that work on the suspension, you should be able to dial in the camber without maxing out the adjustment.


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