E36 shreading inner rear tyres

[bulldog5046]

Hi guys,

I stuck some new road rubber on the E36 awhile back and have managed all of 2 trackdays on them, 1 dry day at castle combe and 1 wet day at Llandow and i've had a quick look at the tyres and noticed it's shreadded the insides of the rears, they are practically bold with the outside of the tyre looking unused!

If this just down the the ride height change?

Do i need to get an adjustable rear tie bar and have the camber adjusted to compensate?

[bulldog5046]

Well, i was asking the question because i was unsure...

Any idea of what degree of camber would be acceptable?

[bulldog5046]

Pentoman said:

I'm picturing a barried up E36 .

Seriously though, a good tyre fitter will be able to tell you your current toe, camber, and the rest. You can go from there to getting it back near to factory settings. Or, say, find out what the M3 has and get it set the same. How low is this thing? Pics!

Oi! it's not.

When fund's allow i'll get the adjustable arms and 4 wheel alignment, i guess that will sort it out?

[bulldog5046]

drjhill said:

There is a limited amount of camber adjustment at the rear via an eccentric bolt on the lower arm. This will probably be seized solid unless someone has dealt with it already.

After that it is adjustable camber arms (cheap and cheerful steel ones on ebay or nicer alloy ones from the likes of Eibach cost a lot more)

Ahh, thats useful to know, i thought the standard were fixed position.

I'll see if i can loosen off the bolts before i go out buying new arms then

Cheers!

[bulldog5046]

Trev450 said:

If this is the case then the car would be oversteering like crazy. Is that the case OP?

No, it's very well balanced in the dry.

Understeers in the wey in slow corners and oversteers in fast corners, but i'd expect that from a RWD car.

Is the rear toe even adjustable on these?

[bulldog5046]

Trev450 said:

That is is a sure indication of toe out on the rear.

Sorry, just seen my typo, wey = wet.

[bulldog5046]

drjhill said:

Again, yes. Ahead of the wheel where the trailing arm mounts. 3 bolts, again will be seized solid unless changed. If you don't want to get them out yourself get some new ones from BMW for the poor sap you pay to do it

Huh, neat!

I've done the rest of the car so no fear of doing these small jobs over winter. Hopefully wont be as bad as youv've made it sound even though the car is 17 years old!