m5james
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My X5M and Harley Davidson F150 both weigh in around 5500lbs...$1600+ for 4 suspension bits is stupid. I've never heard of the Hardrace kit mentioned in this post but I'm gonna look into them.Yes.
Not for me to say what brand of camber arms will suffice, but two points. These cars weigh over 5,500lbs, about 2,000 lbs more than the average ICE car. Aftermarket parts need to be made to a superior standard. And secondly, the factory toe arm has limited adjustment. After adjusting for camber to a spec that minimizes inner tire wear, it is likely that the toe adjustment cannot be brought into proper spec as the factory eccentric adjustment on the toe arm is very limited. In my view if one is doing this, you might has well do it right the first time and purchase adjustable toe arms at the same time if you hope to achieve the full benefit.
Buying the parts online is the easy part. What is not so easy is to find an alignment shop that will "work with you" to get the car into an alignment specification that fixes the tire wear problem. Most alignment shops use a red light/green light system. As soon as the alignment light turns green, they stop adjusting. The problem is that Tesla's rear camber adjustment, for example, is so wide, that even after installing adjustable arms, you could be back to the spec that doesn't improve anything. What good is that???? Before buying anything, I suggest finding an alignment shop that will align the car to a spec that fixes the issues and not rely on the computerized data in their equipment. Otherwise you have wasted your money and time.
For whatever it's worth, I've used Firestone and their lifetime alignments on 6 of our 9 vehicles and they've been fine. Only catch is nowadays they don't wanna honor lifetime adjustments on anything with "modified suspensions", so having mostly lowered vehicles means they're gonna have to refund the difference next time I bring them in.