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<blockquote data-quote="ehoe" data-source="post: 47925" data-attributes="member: 141"><p>Holy cow, that is one heck of a complicated but very interesting deduction to your tire wear problem. Errr... I'm no expert and from what I can make sense of from what you are trying to explain, I suppose you are right to an extend. </p><p></p><p>However even if the toe in will help to even out the wear, why would you want that?. We are trying to avoid unnecesarry tire wear if possible and having misalligned tires not only makes your tire botak faster but it affects also your fuel consumption and performance (coz there is more rolling resistance/drag mah). Well like I said I'm not a tire or allignment expert so I'd better not comment too much. Perhaps someone with more knowledge on the said topic could enlighten us?</p><p></p><p>On another note tho, have you ever noticed that your ride height is not equal on the left and right side of the car. This is more noticeble on lowered cars than stock cars. That could also explain why you would have more -ve camber on one side compared to the other. Apparently this unequal ride height is an 'inherit design' just like the -ve camber for most UDM's. So theoritically speaking if the ride height is not equal, the lower side should have more -ve camber due to the fixed configuration suspension of the E34 and thus cause more inner tire wear. In another words the inner wear should be worst on one side than the other. Makes sense ah???. :dunno: </p><p></p><p>As you can see from my rear tire height (pic), the right side is lower than the left side by a couple of mm. Was told that this is normal. Perhaps I'm too overweight and all that years sitting on the right side driving has made the springs sag. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> hahaha. Anyway I suggest you try to resolve your tire wear problem first before upgrading to 17'' coz the bigger rim & tire combo will definately botak a lot faster than your current 16''. And 17'' tires are a whole lot more expensive than 16" dude!. :yahoo:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ehoe, post: 47925, member: 141"] Holy cow, that is one heck of a complicated but very interesting deduction to your tire wear problem. Errr... I'm no expert and from what I can make sense of from what you are trying to explain, I suppose you are right to an extend. However even if the toe in will help to even out the wear, why would you want that?. We are trying to avoid unnecesarry tire wear if possible and having misalligned tires not only makes your tire botak faster but it affects also your fuel consumption and performance (coz there is more rolling resistance/drag mah). Well like I said I'm not a tire or allignment expert so I'd better not comment too much. Perhaps someone with more knowledge on the said topic could enlighten us? On another note tho, have you ever noticed that your ride height is not equal on the left and right side of the car. This is more noticeble on lowered cars than stock cars. That could also explain why you would have more -ve camber on one side compared to the other. Apparently this unequal ride height is an 'inherit design' just like the -ve camber for most UDM's. So theoritically speaking if the ride height is not equal, the lower side should have more -ve camber due to the fixed configuration suspension of the E34 and thus cause more inner tire wear. In another words the inner wear should be worst on one side than the other. Makes sense ah???. :dunno: As you can see from my rear tire height (pic), the right side is lower than the left side by a couple of mm. Was told that this is normal. Perhaps I'm too overweight and all that years sitting on the right side driving has made the springs sag. :( hahaha. Anyway I suggest you try to resolve your tire wear problem first before upgrading to 17'' coz the bigger rim & tire combo will definately botak a lot faster than your current 16''. And 17'' tires are a whole lot more expensive than 16" dude!. :yahoo: [/QUOTE]
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