Originally Posted by jkonquer

After the storm we had here in socal, it created some huge potholes everywhere on the road. I heard the big thump and found out it ripped about 2mm chunk of tire on the front side wall, must have caught the edge of the pothole. Went to a Costco (30 miles away), and the tire technician advised that the metal thread is not showing and it seems mostly cosmetic, but did not recommend a long distance drive where the tire could possibly heat up and expand on the side wall.

I have about 16k miles on my 2014 IS350 RWD with factory Turenzas. Btw how much mileage can i get out of the factory tires? these are rated at 140 threadwear.

Now the question is do I just buy 1 new or used front tire, or replace 2 fronts, or replace all 4?

I'll mostly likely go with Michelin Super Sports since they seems to be fairly price (Costco), has great performance and rated at 300 threadwear where as other performance tires are rated at around 240.

Thanks

Originally Posted by Rudiculous

If you can find the pothole and take pictures, counties set money aside for stuff like this. You get it repaired and they reimburse you. You just have to do a quick Google search on the forms you'll need.

Originally Posted by jkonquer

Yeah I've researched that as well. Just debating how many tires to get now.

Originally Posted by nathantse

Ppl on this forum reported 20-25k. Some even less with aggressive driving.

When was the last time you got the threads checked?

* looks like that pothole curbed the wheel too =[

Originally Posted by jkonquer

So I should just buy all 4 set since I only have at the most 10k miles left on them.

yeah it seems like the pothole cut right through the tire to the wheel. It doesn't seem to be bent though.

Originally Posted by jkonquer

And for those with new tires, did you stay with factory spec size?
I'm debating if I should go little wider in the front and maybe go 35 instead of 40 to get rid of the reverse rake look..