Best friend's BMW E92 M3 tires.

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10/09/2013 at 12:26 • Filed to: None

Lasted all but 3000 miles...A new set of PSS are already on there.

DISCUSSION (26)

Blondude > 404 Name Not Found
10/09/2013 at 12:30

I see it was being used properly. Excellent.

404 Name Not Found > Blondude
10/09/2013 at 12:40

So many burnouts, launches and donuts.

6cyl > 404 Name Not Found
10/09/2013 at 12:43

someone needs an alignment

ronniesil > 404 Name Not Found
10/09/2013 at 12:44

Thanks now I don't feel as bad replacing the rear tires on my e46 m3 after 20,000 miles

Cixelsyd > 404 Name Not Found
10/09/2013 at 12:46

Part of me is cheering for your friend and part of me is patiently explaining to the other half that this picture sums up why it will never let me buy a used M car.

404 Name Not Found > 6cyl
10/09/2013 at 12:47

Camber

6cyl > 404 Name Not Found
10/09/2013 at 12:52

yes way too much as evidenced by that tire wear

efme > 404 Name Not Found
10/09/2013 at 13:01

what happened with that gouge in the middle?

404 Name Not Found > efme
10/09/2013 at 13:05

Probably a rock caught while doing a burnout.

jts2087 > Cixelsyd
10/09/2013 at 13:06

Basically what I was thinking, I want one so so so bad. But let's be real shall we, if it was owned by someone with even slighlty similar thoughts towards cars/hooning/general auto love, its just not a good idea.

404 Name Not Found > 6cyl
10/09/2013 at 13:06

The M3's are heavily cambered from the factory.

6cyl > 404 Name Not Found
10/09/2013 at 13:13

I doubt they normally have that tire wear pattern. Has he lowered it? Or put on wheels with a different offset? Something is not right about this. He might need rear subframe spacers. For the best performance you want as much of the tire in contact with the pavement as possible. Based on this wear he is not getting the most out of his car and those tires as is possible.

getchapopcorn > 6cyl
10/09/2013 at 13:18

What if he just drives it way too hard, the turns he take always load that way, and he doesn't rotate his tires like he should? All that being said, something is still amiss to have tires go off that quickly and wear like that.

Z_Stig > 6cyl
10/09/2013 at 13:23

I agree. No factory Bimmer even with the amount of negative camber they run in the rear will eat rear tires in 3000 miles.

6cyl > getchapopcorn
10/09/2013 at 13:28

I have a pretty built e30 with visible rear camber. I drive it hard, autocross it, and can cannot rotate my tires as they are directional but still I have even tire wear. Something is definitely wrong with the picture above.

404 Name Not Found > 6cyl
10/09/2013 at 13:30

The car is driven hard. I mean really really hard. But the car is lowered and does have camber plates.

6cyl > 404 Name Not Found
10/09/2013 at 13:31

Is it yours?

404 Name Not Found > 6cyl
10/09/2013 at 13:35

No. See title. Best Friend's car. I'll ask him and reply back.

6cyl > 404 Name Not Found
10/09/2013 at 13:39

Oh sorry. I had received a response from a different person and got confused who I was talking too.

Turner950 > 404 Name Not Found
10/09/2013 at 13:43

9/10 lowered BMWs I see don't account for highly-negative camber issues in the rear. They look goofy with rear camber that's visibly more pronounced than the front camber. It was more difficult to correct on older BMWs as you needed to do some welding to fix it, but with these newer models it's as simple as this:
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/e46-camber…

ColoradoTaco > 404 Name Not Found
10/09/2013 at 14:05

What kind of tire? Hankook ventus V12s? The set I had lasted all of 7500 miles, no track days, no launches, no donuts, no bueno.

404 Name Not Found > ColoradoTaco
10/09/2013 at 14:23

I think Michelin Pilot Sport. Probably one launch a day. Breaking the 120mph barrier daily and lots of backroad driving.

wilsel > 404 Name Not Found
10/09/2013 at 14:39

Looks like my first set after 1 track day. Then I bought Re11's. Got 12 trackdays out of those.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > 404 Name Not Found
10/09/2013 at 18:27

Not that heavy...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > 404 Name Not Found
10/09/2013 at 18:28

>120 daily?! Where does he live?

404 Name Not Found > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
10/09/2013 at 18:45

In Ohio. Lots of motorsports activity around us.