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Tire wear
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The_Dude
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Tire wear
Wow!
That's some serious uneven wear. Get your car in for a wheel alignment check asap.
That's some serious uneven wear. Get your car in for a wheel alignment check asap.
E89 23i M Sport, Saphire Black, Canberra Beige Leather.
Mods: De-badged, blue callipers, gloss black LCI's and roll over hoops, black performance grills, stubby aerial, rear carbon diffuser, gunmetal powdercoated alloys, custom stainless cat back exhaust.
Mods: De-badged, blue callipers, gloss black LCI's and roll over hoops, black performance grills, stubby aerial, rear carbon diffuser, gunmetal powdercoated alloys, custom stainless cat back exhaust.
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Smartbear
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Tire wear
That's not the camber, it's poor toe in/out that causes that-get your wheels aligned asap 
Rob
Rob
e89 Sdrive 20i, plenty of mumbo & good economy-the thinking bears z4
e89 Sdrive 30i, this ones busted, pass me another...
e85 3.0si sold
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Smartbear
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Tire wear
And perhaps check for tyre wear over the full width a little more often as well 
Rob
Rob
e89 Sdrive 20i, plenty of mumbo & good economy-the thinking bears z4
e89 Sdrive 30i, this ones busted, pass me another...
e85 3.0si sold
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The_Dude
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Tire wear
Would under pressure not wear on both outside edges?Maniac wrote:Run flats? If yes the possibly under pressure.
E89 23i M Sport, Saphire Black, Canberra Beige Leather.
Mods: De-badged, blue callipers, gloss black LCI's and roll over hoops, black performance grills, stubby aerial, rear carbon diffuser, gunmetal powdercoated alloys, custom stainless cat back exhaust.
Mods: De-badged, blue callipers, gloss black LCI's and roll over hoops, black performance grills, stubby aerial, rear carbon diffuser, gunmetal powdercoated alloys, custom stainless cat back exhaust.
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Maniac
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Maniac
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Tire wear
If these are rears, my 19" are 2,9 bar, circa 42psiTimdon wrote:Yes run flats what pressure should they be ?,the tire centre put them at 32 psi when I purchased them
Run flats have very stiff sidewalls, when at a low pressure the cars weight sits on the sidewalls rather than load through the tyre. This causes rapid wear due to high rear camber from factory.
I too suffered this early on and as a result I'm fastidious about pressures and haven't had an issue since.
That plus a switch to non run flats.
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flybobbie
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That's got to be tracking, mine wear even, not like when I first had the car re; the fronts.
The rears are toe in so should wear outside. So could be too much toe out and/or camber, which is set by rotating the rear mount bolt on a cam.
The rears are toe in so should wear outside. So could be too much toe out and/or camber, which is set by rotating the rear mount bolt on a cam.
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Onlineronk
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Tire wear
My previous Car exhibited similar wear - the dealer said it was fairly typical.
Not sure if I believe him now - one thing is for certain I'll be keeping an eye on the new car!
Not sure if I believe him now - one thing is for certain I'll be keeping an eye on the new car!
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.