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[BimmerGuyFL]

will a bit more toe in on the front tires help with the car tracking more straight down the road?

[VMRWheels]

Originally Posted by BimmerGuyFL

will a bit more toe in on the front tires help with the car tracking more straight down the road?

Yes, to a certain degree... If you have too much toe-in, uneven tire wear towards the outside will happen. Do you currently have OE alignment?

-Charles@VMRWheels

[BimmerGuyFL]

Originally Posted by VMRWheels

Yes, to a certain degree... If you have too much toe-in, uneven tire wear towards the outside will happen. Do you currently have OE alignment?

-Charles@VMRWheels

I do but I notice that when I accelerate that the car wants to accelerate to the right in a line and I have to compensate with the steering to make it go back to the center.

[VMRWheels]

Originally Posted by BimmerGuyFL

I do but I notice that when I accelerate that the car wants to accelerate to the right in a line and I have to compensate with the steering to make it go back to the center.

This could tramlining due to the tire design and compound. I would try playing around with the tire pressures to see if it can be improved.

-Charles@VMRWheels

[David1]

Are you tuned? If so the car will torque up and go to the right. The subframe bushings are to soft and under full torque the subframe moves enough to alter the alignment.

[BimmerGuyFL]

Originally Posted by David1

Are you tuned? If so the car will torque up and go to the right. The subframe bushings are to soft and under full torque the subframe moves enough to alter the alignment.

No, My 2010 E90 328i Sport is 100% OEM. It has the original RFT tires. I got the car when it had 9k miles and it was a BMW NA car that was sold to the dealership. When I first got the car I noticed the steering was very off center to the left and they did an alignment. Dealer never got the steering wheel centered correctly hence the many alignments afterwards. Well now my steering is perfectly centered but when I drive down the road the car tracks to the right even when holding the steering wheel.

I had the two front tires switched from left to right to see if it was a front tire radial pull. That didn't fix it. It actually seems worst now. I am wondering since the tires now have almost 18k miles if the tires had worn uneven before I even had that car due to the alignment being off.

Tomorrow morning I am having a brand new set of Conitental Extreme DW tires installed and having the alignment checked and adjusted if needed.

I pray that the problem was the Original Bridgestone RFT tires.

[BimmerGuyFL]

Originally Posted by VMRWheels

This could tramlining due to the tire design and compound. I would try playing around with the tire pressures to see if it can be improved.

-Charles@VMRWheels

My tire pressures have always been set at 32 Psi front and 35 psi rear. With your exprience, what should I adjust them to? High Psi or Lower psi?

Please respond. Many, MANY Thanks

[VMRWheels]

Originally Posted by BimmerGuyFL

My tire pressures have always been set at 32 Psi front and 35 psi rear. With your exprience, what should I adjust them to? High Psi or Lower psi?

Please respond. Many, MANY Thanks

32 PSI is a bit low actually... I would bump those up to a 36 up front and 38 in rear to see if it helps.

-Charles@VMRWheels