When I look at my z3 from the rear--- I see the rear wheels aernt "square" with the concrete.
Tonight I laid a carpenters square on the concrete and slid it up to the tire side wall. At the top I see about 1 inch gap when the square
touches the sidewall at 6 O-Clock. Both sides same.
Moved the square to the front wheels--- get about a 3/8 on front wheels......
Is this "normal" or am I way out of adjustment ??????
(I have new tires so I dont want to to be out of adjustment for very long)
Tim
Sounds about normal for non-M.
The rears on non-M are somewhere 2-3 degrees of negative camber.
-Abel
- E36 328is ~210-220whp: Lots of Mods.
- 2000 Z3: Many Mods.
- 2003 VW Jetta TDI Manual 47-50mpg
- 1999 S52 Estoril M Coupe
- 2014 328d Wagon, self-tuned, 270hp/430ft-lbs
- 2019 M2 Competition, self-tuned, 504whp
- 2016 Mini Cooper S
When was the last time you had a wheel alignment performed?
To help prolong the life of your new tires, id recommend getting an alignment performed by a BMW focused shop. Ive seen regular alignment shop butcher alignments pretty bad.
You cant really judge your alignment with the naked eye, you can get it in the ballpark, but the fine tuning needs to be done on a rack.
An alignment shop can only adjust the front toe on our cars (if it is stock). What is being discussed here is the rear camber. Lowering the car can increase the camber. I'm not sure what the stock setting is. What a BMW alignment shop can do is tell you how much (if any) the toe, camber and caster is and what it should be, but the toe is the only thing they can adjust. After market add-ons can address front camber and caster and rear toe.
Last edited by khammack; 11-16-2017 at 11:04 PM.
2002 M Roadster, Steel Gray Metailic, Gray Nappa Leather, Black Soft Top, Steel Gray Metailic Hard Top, TC Kline Double Adj Shocks with H&R Springs, Stromung Exhaust, SSR Type C Wheels. Looking for a new home.
2022 Z4 M40i, Misano Blue Metallic, Prem Pkg, Driver Assistance Pkg
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I heard once
“If a car goes off the road tail first, it is a design flaw. If the same car goes off the road nose first it is driver error.”
More camber in the rear than in the front increases the likely hood of understeer.
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Last edited by Ateyourv8; 11-16-2017 at 11:21 PM.
2000 Z3 2.3 Alignment.
Z3 alignment.jpg
-Abel
- E36 328is ~210-220whp: Lots of Mods.
- 2000 Z3: Many Mods.
- 2003 VW Jetta TDI Manual 47-50mpg
- 1999 S52 Estoril M Coupe
- 2014 328d Wagon, self-tuned, 270hp/430ft-lbs
- 2019 M2 Competition, self-tuned, 504whp
- 2016 Mini Cooper S
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