I just bought a mini. I noticed that the tops of the wheels tilt inward. Does it need alignment or is this just a mini thing? It's a 2006 r53.

 

 

Negative camber/leaning in at the top is good to a degree of speaking..

 

Yes, it's 'normal' with a couple of caveats:
The lower control arm bushes, both front & rear, tend to wear, which increases the camber & leads to the inside edge of tires scrubbing.
The rear LCAs are adjustable on later cars - the change point is around 2005/6.
Many owners recommend rotating tires every 5,000 miles.

 

A great post

 

You could fit my knowledge of this subject on the head of a pin. However some data might help if I picked the correct info for you.

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/r...-guide/6Ilh2L4

 

Here's some pics

 

That looks just like mine, about normal. Rears are noticeably more camber than fronts with stock suspension.

 

As stated, negative camber is in the design. That looks a little more than mine are but not by much. How many miles on the clock and do you know when and if an alignment job has been done? Rotating has to be done regularly. I do mine every time a 5 or a zero is followed by 3 zeros on the clock. Directional tires rotate same side front to back back to front. Bi-directional for front wheel drive is back to front cross and front to back same side.