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vinuneuro 09-12-2005 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by DinanX5
Really depends on the driver... I generally corner aggressively, so after about 4000 miles with the camber plates, my tires are wearing dead-even. If your front tires are worn a bit more on the outside shoulder now (a tell-tale sign of excessive understeer), then camber plates will actually give you more even tire wear. Unless you do a LOT of straight highway driving, or corner like a grandma, you'll be fine :thumbup:

That sounds good :thumbup: . I wish the X5 was mine to drive instead of the mom's though. I would've jumped on that. The mods are all 'functional/cosmetic' ones in ours :tsk: .

X5Flyboy 09-12-2005 12:22 PM

"...corner like a grandma..." :rofl: - be warned, if you ever get to Idaho, they make right turns extrem-m-m-m-m-m-mely s-s-s-l-l-l-o-o-o-w-w-w - a state characteristic like I know I'm in SC when I have to pass slow traffic in the left lane on the right :dunno:

foofoo11 09-15-2005 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by vinuneuro
Can one expect any increase tire wear/uneven wear with the camber plates?

Anytime you change your camber settings, you should get it re-aligned and set your toe setting...more negative camber, more negative toe which will start wearing the inner edges of your tire. It's not the camber that wears out your tire, it's the wrong toe settings that eats up your rubber...

DinanX5 09-15-2005 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by foofoo11
Anytime you change your camber settings, you should get it re-aligned and set your toe setting...more negative camber, more negative toe which will start wearing the inner edges of your tire. It's not the camber that wears out your tire, it's the wrong toe settings that eats up your rubber...

Very true - an alignment is a MUST a after camber plate install.


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