Premature tire wear

V8specialist · 09-05-2011, 04:24 PM

The insides of rear tires are wearing, like negative camber wear..
I'm thinking auto leveler on the rear.. Any other ideas?

crxgsr · 09-05-2011, 11:06 PM

get an alignment. It's most likely the wheels are toe'd in too much.

And make sure you have a before and after print out. And don't go to a place that uses the "string" method either.

noodles101 · 09-06-2011, 12:32 AM

wheel allignment?

gitchies · 09-07-2011, 10:31 AM

yeah i'd do an alignment...all e53 x5's have negative camber....you might want to get a kit...look it up on bavauto or xoutpost.com
there's camber kits////

ChrisTO · 09-07-2011, 11:39 AM

does it have the air bags in the rear? only the rears have this issue or all 4 tires? i think it's suspension. i think the ones with sport package have air bags that fail.

V8specialist · 09-07-2011, 09:38 PM

Yes it has bags. I'm Thinking they are starting to leak. I'll measure heights at the start of the day and the end. If they leak, can anyone give me a loan? Lol

Bimmer Heaven · 10-25-2011, 01:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisTO

does it have the air bags in the rear? only the rears have this issue or all 4 tires? i think it's suspension. i think the ones with sport package have air bags that fail.

All 4.4 have bags, some 3.0 sport have bags but pretty rare...

Blackedout95 · 10-25-2011, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by crxgsr

get an alignment. It's most likely the wheels are toe'd in too much.

You mean toe out

Toe out = inside
Toe in = outside

If you were looking to race the vehicle you actually do want more of either depending on what you want. Toe out will give a quick turning reaction while toe in will make the car more stable but be careful with the out, makes the car less stable at speed.