Uneven wear of tyre

[ALBundy]

Good advice but wont 225 give more drag? I'm trying to keep the drag to the min for better fuel economy.

Run 15 inch rims for fuel economy.:thefinger:

 

[LCP]

Geodesy, take note of the alignment readings of your rear wheels... especially the camber, both should be almost the same value, give or take some minutes of a degree. The same goes with the toe values. I'm not familiar with E34's rear suspension, but I still think that the rear camber can be adjusted since it's an independent setup (unlike all the cost-down Jap/Korean cars these days which uses solid beam axles at the rear), go to a good tyre shop.

 

[LCP]

Geoffrey, I run with nearly zero rear camber on my Satria for daily use, around -0.3 to -0.5 degree... But when taking the car down to track, it'll be set to -2 degrees, which I still believe it's insufficient to ensure flat tyre patch contact under cornering at the track... Beauty of these independent rear suspension set up... both the camber and toe can be adjusted...

On my E36, rear camber is set to almost the same as the front, my car is lowered, so the front camber is a bit high (still less than -2 degrees though) since I don't run a camber plate. For fuel economy, follow the recommended alignment specs... you can get it off any self-respecting service manuals.

 

[anaksarawak]

Albundy and LCP,

Thanks for your kind input and advice..

I had my car done today and as what LCP said the chamber for front and rear is -1.5 to -1.7. The Eibach & Custom I believe is KONI (Front) spring really helped in road holding.

As per AlBundy, fresh bushing and good rubbers are important.

15" ahahah no la, we have moved on to 17 so... life goes on my friend.

Cheers!!