rear tire camber
 

I just installed adjustable endlinks on the rear of my honda civic and corrected the camber with them after I dropped my car 3 inches. Does anyone know how to adjust the rear tires on the x5 so that the camber can be corrected to prevent uneven tirewear.

To my knowledge no one makes an adjustable camber plate/rod for the X5. You can only adjust as much as factory parts will allow. I'm thinking of taking a closer look into this but it will take some time for R&D.

As soon as somone has an adjustable camber solution, sign me up. I hate replacing my rear tires bacause the insides are worn out before the rest of the tire.

I went to get rear camber alignments and now my camber reading is about 2.5 compare to factory 4.0, they told me that is the max we can adjust unless someone comes up with an aftermarket kit.

So why is OEM so obtuse? Is lowering and normalizing with speed the answer? I don't see too much about uneven tire wear on here.

It helps in cornering

higher cg requires more understeer to control the 5000 lbs beast...

lowering will cause more neg camber

Just flip the tires on the wheels to put them inside out. I've done it twice and got 50K miles out of the first set and will get the same from my second set which currently hves 39,500 miles on them (my 2001 4.4i has 89,500 miles).

Check out my post with pics of the uneven tire wear on my rear tires.

I had the dealer check the alignment and for any worn suspension components and everything was in BMW spec. They did not change my rear camber but then again, they checked my alignment and didn't charge me for it. I guess uneven tire wear is what BMW expects when they spec the rear camber so negatively.

after my installing my last set of new rear tires I had the alignment done. 20k miles later the tires are worn almost completly even. I'm at stock ride height though.

I think you're right, uneven tire wear is OK especially after 50K miles or so. I wouldn't mess with the camber adjustment - it's that way so it handles like a BMW! By the way, I'm a Rangers fan but we'll be tuning into game 7 and watching the Canucks tonight - we're rooting for them - 39 minutes until game time!!! :popcorn:

Ok, PNG, good point. Strange, but I guess H had the answer.

How do they (your dealer) explain the cupping on the inner edges of your tires if everything is within specs? Negative camber alone would not cause cupping, would it?

Thanks for rooting for the 'Nucks. They managed to get it done tonight and in decisive fashion. Phew! I was worried for awhile there. Bring on the Ducks!

There doesn't seem to be any cupping. It looks like it but when I run my fingers over the areas it is totally smooth. It's just dust that made that pattern. Having said that, my understanding is that you can feel cupping so I'm going on that theory. :dunno: