OEM Camber Adjustment and Tire Wear?

[ksing44]

I was wondering what MB or AMG did about more negative camber on the slightly lower sport suspensions. Did they just allow more negative camber as part of the alignment specifications, or did they use some kind of adjustable links or bushings?

I am asking, because I saw a woman driving a "REAL" AMG version of a W124. It looked slightly lower, just like my car. By accident, I even found out where the woman lived and one day I stopped and spoke briefly with the husband. He seems to be a DIY mechanic that buys quite a few used cars, but he doesn’t seem to know anything about his rare AMG W124. I may have to stop over at the guy’s house to peak under his car and see if it has some kind of OEM (MB or AMG) solution for negative camber.

My car is about 1 inch lower with Eibach springs, Bilstein HD shocks, 1-bump front pads, 3-bump rear pads, and KMAC bushings. My camber is adjusted to between –1.1 an –1.3 at all four wheels, this is within specifications for a "Sport" suspension, but I still get considerable wear on the inside of my tires at all four wheels. I can certainly live with more frequent tire purchases and I will be happy to replace my Michelin MXV4 tires with Bridgestone LSH tires, but I was really expecting the tires to last longer than 24,000 miles. That might be good tread life for a Max Performance tire, but I don’t think it is great for a Grand Touring tire. At the front, I had the alignment set to minimum toe-in, to avoid the original problem with wear on the outside edge of my tires. Next time, I am going to try more toe-in to compensate for the negative camber and then rotate my tires to strive to get just a little more mileage out of my tires. Does anyone have any other suggestions for maximizing tread life, considering the fact that I have slightly more negative camber? I like the slightly negative camber and I don’t think I can get much more adjustment even if I wanted it less negative.

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