[Maestro]

Has anyone install Caster/Camber Plates on a 335I to help reduce the inner tire wear. I mostly use my 335I as a daily driver and I am getting tired of replacing tires once every 18 months of so (15K to 20K miles). As we know the alignment shops can not help, there is no way to get rid of the negative camber on the 335I unless you change the suspension. I figure the most affective way to do this is a caster camber plate and if I want to track the car in the future I can put in the camber I need and then take it back out.

Is someone has done this, which plates would you recommend using. Ideally I am looking for something which does not require much modification to the actually car like drilling holes and such.

[bman5150]

Subscribing. Good question.

[335ivin]

Originally Posted by Maestro

Has anyone install Caster/Camber Plates on a 335I to help reduce the inner tire wear. I mostly use my 335I as a daily driver and I am getting tired of replacing tires once every 18 months of so (15K to 20K miles). As we know the alignment shops can not help, there is no way to get rid of the negative camber on the 335I unless you change the suspension. I figure the most affective way to do this is a caster camber plate and if I want to track the car in the future I can put in the camber I need and then take it back out.

Is someone has done this, which plates would you recommend using. Ideally I am looking for something which does not require much modification to the actually car like drilling holes and such.

I change out the rear camber and toe rods and have not had much inner tire wear on my rears. That was problably the best $300 bucks I spent.

[tdavis42]

I am also interested in this....

Also OP you might try posting in the suspension thread. Plenty of people willing to help there with this issue.

[Maestro]

Originally Posted by 335ivin

I change out the rear camber and toe rods and have not had much inner tire wear on my rears. That was problably the best $300 bucks I spent.

I had less issues with the rears, the local alignment shop was able to take most of the negative camber out. and i found this video and thinking about doing something similar if a can address the fronts

[VTECaddict]

A camber plate will definitely let you adjust camber back to within stock specs.

But it's weird that your camber is that high up front, assuming your suspension is stock. It means something is probably damaged or bent.

Also, inner tire wear is most of the time caused by improper toe, not camber. Toe will wear just the inner edge of the tire. Camber will wear across the whole tire in a uniform sloping manner.