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Tire Life on 22's

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Old 10-14-11, 07:11 AM
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I have been reading several of the posts and noticed people stating when riding on 22's on the LS460/460L the tire life doesn't last as long.

What is the average tire life you are experiencing...20K on 40K tires??? I assume it depends on the brand of tire. If so, what tires and tread life have you experianced as well as what tires do you recommend for all weather aplications? I'm in the military and live in Cheyenne so summer tires do me no good.
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i think it depends on the tire and most importantly the lowering
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Originally Posted by DWilson188
I have been reading several of the posts and noticed people stating when riding on 22's on the LS460/460L the tire life doesn't last as long.

What is the average tire life you are experiencing...20K on 40K tires??? I assume it depends on the brand of tire. If so, what tires and tread life have you experianced as well as what tires do you recommend for all weather aplications? I'm in the military and live in Cheyenne so summer tires do me no good.
Less than 20k

“This type of mod is definitely not for the faint of heart”, says John, and we definitely agree as driving a car this low becomes more of an art rather than a daily routine. At a negative four-degrees of camber tire wear will diminish to a very costly 1,300 to 1,500 miles per set but as we always say, “There’s a cost to floss.”



http://www.insixthgear.com/feature/2...ip-modular.htm
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it actually depends on how dialed in your alignment is, and the tire compound, really. it's difficult to get a super dialed in alignment on most cars unless you switch everything out to heim joints/pillowballs because the stock rubber bushings will deflect. the oem alignment specs take deflection into account, but it's kind of a crapshoot as you start playing with ride height.
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