04-06-2015, 09:01 PM | #1 |
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Tire wear and F15 camber kits?
I've installed the H&R springs in my F15 X5 resulting in it sitting around 1.5" lower. It was aligned after the spring install. They were able to get the rears within alignment specs. The front toe is also in spec but the front camber is sitting at (L)-1.36 deg, and (R)-1.17deg. Front camber should be between 0.17deg and -0.83deg according to the specs.
Today I went out and took a look at the tire wear as they now have around 15,000 miles on them. The rear wear looks great. However both front inside edges are almost shredded although the wear across the rest of the tire looks great. I could easily get another 5-7,000 miles out of the fronts except for this inside wear issue. Are there any F15 camber kits or aftermarket a-arms available? Perhaps its the price to be paid for lowering, but I'd like to fix this if possible. |
04-07-2015, 01:34 AM | #2 |
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@rbrockman , was that your white one dropped with 20" on spacer that I saw yesterday on highway 26 westbound?
Here is my alignment spec after the drop. Front: Left camber - -0.9 Right camber - -1.2 Left toe - 0.05 Right toe - 0.05 Rear: Left camber - -1.5 Right camber - -1.5 Left toe - 0.10 Right toe - 0.10
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04-07-2015, 01:36 AM | #3 |
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And camber doesn't kill tires, toe does.
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04-07-2015, 10:23 AM | #4 |
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I wonder if the front toe has moved out of alignment? I'll have this checked again.
I do have a white lowered X5 with wheel spacers, and was on Hwy 26 westbound on Sunday - hopefully I didn't cut you off |
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04-07-2015, 10:47 AM | #5 | |
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Maybe your stock RFT tires also got chewed up by the Portland's rough road.
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https://www.ecstuning.com/b-kmac-par...FRZsfgodFzsF2A First time posting here so forgive me if the link doesn't work out... I just got my 2014 X5 50i (standard suspension) lowered with Eibach springs the other day, and am concerned with any premature tire wear as well. I'm planning to go for an alignment soon after the springs settle, but I can definitely tell there is negative camber on both the front and rear wheels. Anyone else have any major issues with camber and tire wear after lowering? I knew it may be an issue with lowering, but nobody seems to mention anything about this after they lowered their rides on this forum so I'm just wondering how everyone deals with it. Thanks! |
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12-10-2016, 09:46 AM | #7 |
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This is what happened to mine after lowering without proper alignment as you can see the inner tire near the sidewall is almost gone
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12-10-2016, 10:36 AM | #8 |
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This was the case on my E70 and holds true for the F15 also: the inners of the rears are the first bits to go. On my E70, tire wear looked fine looking at it from the street. But once pullef off, the threads were showing through.
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12-10-2016, 10:42 AM | #9 |
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I am running 335 25 22 on the rear, Tire shop told me to pump up the tire pressure from 44 psi to 48 psi and proper alignment which they believe will solve the problem, will see how the tire wear after a few months
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12-30-2021, 05:39 PM | #10 | |
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Also you lowered and tire size u running? |
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