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Old 08-11-14, 02:50 PM
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Here ya go! Anyone looking for tires right now, it's a great time! Even if your tires still got some tread left, this is a good deal to stock up
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gre...off-400-a.html
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Originally Posted by I8ABMR
Lou, did the manager or a tech at discount tire mention anything about not being able to warranty the 285 rears because the rim was too narrow. Thanks buddy
Responded to your PM.

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Old 08-11-14, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by lowrideraz
Responded to your PM.

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Thanks, Lou !!
Old 08-11-14, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by I8ABMR
Lou, did the manager or a tech at discount tire mention anything about not being able to warranty the 285 rears because the rim was too narrow. Thanks buddy
You're getting a warranty on a tire used for a track day? That's special.
Old 08-11-14, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by lobuxracer
You're getting a warranty on a tire used for a track day? That's special.
I'm just a special kind of guy. LOL If you do HPDE your going to most likely do that on your regular street tires. (at least at my level)....so yes I do have a warranty on tires I use at the track The car is at stock ride height with stock wheels so I will absolutely have the life of the tire prorated by discount tire. They did it before for me many times. I have been a customer at the same discount tire for 11 years. It also helps that many people there are my patients and that I used to drop $2200+ for a set of PS2s for my LS (22") every year and a half . I have had a bunch of lowered cars, so I used to see these guys very often.

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Mileage warranty? OK. I haven't had a tread depth problem with tracked tires. The outer blocks wear out, but there's still plenty of tread depth on them. I put 30k miles on my Bridgestones and still had plenty of tread depth, they were just cooked and greasy.

You can see what I mean in this thread:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...alignment.html

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Originally Posted by lobuxracer
Mileage warranty? OK. I haven't had a tread depth problem with tracked tires. The outer blocks wear out, but there's still plenty of tread depth on them. I put 30k miles on my Bridgestones and still had plenty of tread depth, they were just cooked and greasy.
Yeah, those RE050As I trashed had the shoulder melted off in the front. It was pretty crazy.
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I recently switched to the PSS and while I do notice better traction, the VSC light is flashing a lot more than when I was using a considerably less expensive set of tires (BFGoodrich g-Force Sport COMP-2).
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Originally Posted by I8ABMR
You can always donate that Conti to the tire Gods when you need to change the other three.Plus you dont want 1 old and 3 new tires. I had 2 new RE050As in the front. They were mounted 6 months ago in February and I beat the hell out of them on the track and donated them to the trash last week when I got my PSS with probably 80% tread life .
i already bought three more, so the tread would match. I wouldn't throw away a $350 tire
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