My First Car - 2006 BMW 530I - The End
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- Crash852
BMWs do tend to have a bit more negative camber from the factory than a lot of other cars, but it should not cause the tire to wear this unevenly, plus from your picture, it looks like there's too much negative camber. Something's wrong with the alignment or suspension of that corner of the car; you should get it looked at.
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You know what you do with bald tires right?
though the above looks bad. I would check your geometry.
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- motortrend
That looks like normal camber to me, mine has some more
Yours has about the same as my mom's X3, here's an X5 for comparison. My IS had about the same camber too, it's normal to have some more inside wear
Yours has about the same as my mom's X3, here's an X5 for comparison. My IS had about the same camber too, it's normal to have some more inside wear
- 471
- Virginia
- jjjkr20
Story time!!
So yesterday my dad picked me up from school so we could go get some custom plates. Which we did luckily before the crowd arrived. Got that done and he decides to drove back because it's raining and the tires aren't that well. I just deal with it. So going home he tells me just how bad the tires are and I already know so I just brush it off. Not two minutes later this warning comes up.
My first reaction was fffff... so I tell my dad to pull over to this little mechanics shop and he just looks at me like what are you talking about. He just trugs along at reduced speed all the while I'm just astonished at how he keeps going.
We're now about a quarter mile from my house and he pulls over to inspect the damage and this is what we see.
Sure enough it ruptured, not catastrophically, but well enough. (Fun fact the tire was smoking at this point). So we make it home, the tire is ruined not sure about the rim; it's now sitting on the driveway right now propped up on bricks.
And that's how I learned not to drive on tires with chunks missing.
So yesterday my dad picked me up from school so we could go get some custom plates. Which we did luckily before the crowd arrived. Got that done and he decides to drove back because it's raining and the tires aren't that well. I just deal with it. So going home he tells me just how bad the tires are and I already know so I just brush it off. Not two minutes later this warning comes up.
My first reaction was fffff... so I tell my dad to pull over to this little mechanics shop and he just looks at me like what are you talking about. He just trugs along at reduced speed all the while I'm just astonished at how he keeps going.
We're now about a quarter mile from my house and he pulls over to inspect the damage and this is what we see.
Sure enough it ruptured, not catastrophically, but well enough. (Fun fact the tire was smoking at this point). So we make it home, the tire is ruined not sure about the rim; it's now sitting on the driveway right now propped up on bricks.
And that's how I learned not to drive on tires with chunks missing.
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Indeed, lucky you didn't get to the rim.
- 471
- Virginia
- jjjkr20
Ok so the tire is off, the spare is on but it'll stay like that for about a month until there is money for new tires. Which is mildly disappointing, but I'll just deal with it.
Now for the photos.
Removing it was probably the hardest part because of how stuck on it was and the fact that it sat there for a week while it rained couldn't have helped.
The tire itself. Whole of the inside tread was like this and you can see the wear levels. Also the torn area cause some wibbly wobblys on the road.
The treads. Solid few mm's of difference. Also my uncles new 325xi in the back.
What I believe to have caused the pressure loss.
All the while my dad put on the spare surprisingly fast considering it uses lug bolts.
So basically what you see in the last photo is how it'll be for the next few weeks. Luckily the rim is fine and it was just a puncture that caused the flat and the tire is sitting in the trunk until it gets replaced. Now we wait.
Now for the photos.
Removing it was probably the hardest part because of how stuck on it was and the fact that it sat there for a week while it rained couldn't have helped.
The tire itself. Whole of the inside tread was like this and you can see the wear levels. Also the torn area cause some wibbly wobblys on the road.
The treads. Solid few mm's of difference. Also my uncles new 325xi in the back.
What I believe to have caused the pressure loss.
All the while my dad put on the spare surprisingly fast considering it uses lug bolts.
So basically what you see in the last photo is how it'll be for the next few weeks. Luckily the rim is fine and it was just a puncture that caused the flat and the tire is sitting in the trunk until it gets replaced. Now we wait.
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- Crash852
Before you go do an alignment, check online at different forums to see what the alignment specs are and the instructions. Apparently, my E39 calls for alignment to be done with a full tank of gas and the car fully loaded. The purposes is that the car is aligned to maximum negative camber, with the thought that if it is aligned that way, even when you fully load the car, the negative camber won't get too out of whack. When the car is unloaded, it will have less negative camber than the spec. A lot of places skip the fully loading part during alignment, so when the car gets loaded, there's way too much negative camber, which over time, will cause the tire wear that you have.
- 471
- Virginia
- jjjkr20
Awesome so last week my dad and I drove the car out to get "new" tires or rather used tires but non the less. We almost got two hankook ventus v12 rear then two nitto front but my dad like the idea of all four being the same so we got some Dunlop SP sport runflats with more tread than I expected for $160. It was fast the longest part was choosing the tires. Everything else was simple enough I'd say. The only thing was a wheel might be slightly bent from my dad driving it home but It still was able to be balanced. Now I'll have to save up my money to buy bran new tires and get them aligned at the dealer until then these work.
Photos of the process:
Mmm that wheel well. I'm also just gonna put it out there I disapprove of the way they did it but my dad choose to go to this place so what am i to do.
Photos of the process:
Mmm that wheel well. I'm also just gonna put it out there I disapprove of the way they did it but my dad choose to go to this place so what am i to do.
CAMAROBOY69
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The other members are right. There are some massive negative camber angle problems with your car for sure. You need to get your car aligned for sure before you put on new tires. Your tires are supposed to wear even. Luckily you are aware of that now.
- 471
- Virginia
- jjjkr20
Ok so alignment still hasn't been done, but more importantly I might need a new battery or I have electrical problems. Because of this:
That happened after the car didn't start and while messing around trying to fix messages such as ABS failure, traction control off, and many others came up. Also the fact that one message was battery discharging while off would support my thinking i have electrical problems or just need a new battery.
Either way I could use some insight on what might be the problem or else my dad is tempted to sell it and I don't want that.
That happened after the car didn't start and while messing around trying to fix messages such as ABS failure, traction control off, and many others came up. Also the fact that one message was battery discharging while off would support my thinking i have electrical problems or just need a new battery.
Either way I could use some insight on what might be the problem or else my dad is tempted to sell it and I don't want that.
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I knew someone with an E60 having problems where the car would drain power while off, sounded like a PITA so best of luck to you.Ok so alignment still hasn't been done, but more importantly I might need a new battery or I have electrical problems. Because of this:
That happened after the car didn't start and while messing around trying to fix messages such as ABS failure, traction control off, and many others came up. Also the fact that one message was battery discharging while off would support my thinking i have electrical problems or just need a new battery.
Either way I could use some insight on what might be the problem or else my dad is tempted to sell it and I don't want that.
- 471
- Virginia
- jjjkr20
So I presume the electrical problem more or less fixed its self because it hasn't happened since that day but I'll never leave the car in ignition from now on its either on or off that way the battery at least gets a little charge and won't run dead.
Aside from that here's a photo dump after the car got detailed except for the first that's just an extra from the day before the tire popped.
Start of the detailed photos:
and interior for the lulz:
That's that It's already started being driven daily and it'll probably stay like that for the foreseeable future so if it starts having problems again that'll really suck, but we'll see, hopefully not though.
Aside from that here's a photo dump after the car got detailed except for the first that's just an extra from the day before the tire popped.
Start of the detailed photos:
and interior for the lulz:
That's that It's already started being driven daily and it'll probably stay like that for the foreseeable future so if it starts having problems again that'll really suck, but we'll see, hopefully not though.
- 471
- Virginia
- jjjkr20
I should probably update on the happenings to my car so what better time than midnight.
So the battery was replaced after having used the OEM for 8 years or so it was time for a replacement and the difference was surprisingly noticeable. All the lights became brighter and it started much easier.
Also I got a buddy to do an oil change, which btw still got two oil leaks, and when he lifted the car up he noticed how cambered my car really was. As in the front were now positive from being 6 feet in the air but the back were still negative. So he said I might have a bent control arm but i'll need an alignment to be sure. Which sucks but I'll need to figure something out soon since my tires are already bald again and it's getting to be winter.
Anyways photos starting with the battery:
OEM battery
Cover removed
THIS THING. It was meant to go on the left panel where there it covered nothing of importance but instead they were installed on the right so instead of having an easy turn 90 degrees and remove I had to force this out and ended up but breaking a inner clip so darn but i got it out so that's all that matters.
No photos of install sorry was too busy installing, but it went smoothly surprisingly.
Then more recently I've been caring more about how my car looks so I wash it weekly and two weeks ago I cleaned the wheels to look presentable at H20i.
Wheel after years of break dust build up cleaned off.
H20i Parked in a random spot far back as possible.
Also got a sticker, that I only put on a few days ago.
Then I went to fortune auto open house.
And that's all up to date, currently I plan on rotating the front tires to the back for a little longer life span and less skids in the rain, as fun as they may be. Not gonna buy new tires just yet in case of the slim chance I save enough money for new wheels and tires just cuz, but as far as small stuff I'd say some halogens for now since the yellow circle doesn't really work with the blueish low beam and to fix the back bumper since it's still full of scratches.
So the battery was replaced after having used the OEM for 8 years or so it was time for a replacement and the difference was surprisingly noticeable. All the lights became brighter and it started much easier.
Also I got a buddy to do an oil change, which btw still got two oil leaks, and when he lifted the car up he noticed how cambered my car really was. As in the front were now positive from being 6 feet in the air but the back were still negative. So he said I might have a bent control arm but i'll need an alignment to be sure. Which sucks but I'll need to figure something out soon since my tires are already bald again and it's getting to be winter.
Anyways photos starting with the battery:
OEM battery
Cover removed
THIS THING. It was meant to go on the left panel where there it covered nothing of importance but instead they were installed on the right so instead of having an easy turn 90 degrees and remove I had to force this out and ended up but breaking a inner clip so darn but i got it out so that's all that matters.
No photos of install sorry was too busy installing, but it went smoothly surprisingly.
Then more recently I've been caring more about how my car looks so I wash it weekly and two weeks ago I cleaned the wheels to look presentable at H20i.
Wheel after years of break dust build up cleaned off.
H20i Parked in a random spot far back as possible.
Also got a sticker, that I only put on a few days ago.
Then I went to fortune auto open house.
And that's all up to date, currently I plan on rotating the front tires to the back for a little longer life span and less skids in the rain, as fun as they may be. Not gonna buy new tires just yet in case of the slim chance I save enough money for new wheels and tires just cuz, but as far as small stuff I'd say some halogens for now since the yellow circle doesn't really work with the blueish low beam and to fix the back bumper since it's still full of scratches.
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