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How fast do you go through your TIRES?

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Old 01-28-13, 02:00 PM
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Default How fast do you go through your TIRES?

Just had a blowout last night, luckily I wasn't on the freeway and instead on a road that wasn't very populously driven at the time. It was not due to camber wear but instead due to a nail. However, as I was replacing my tires I realized how badly worn out my inner tread was. So I'm setting this thread up to see how fast people's tires wear out.

Just trying to see if certain tires stretch better and react better to being stretched. Also if anybody has any advice to help prevent people with camber wear issues than please do reply to this thread.

PLEASE include degrees of camber (if known), wheel specs, tire specs, and brand of tires, and how long your tires lasted.

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I'll start. I had Michelin Super Sport 255/35/19 Tires in the rear. They were stretched onto my 19x10.5's and I started seeing near zero traction on the inside tire at 2 months!!

Only have -1.8* camber. I thought that isn't even bad compared to some others....
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The IS comes from the factory with a very aggressive front toe setting which results in the inner treads of the tire wearing out really fast. I found this out when I was checking my tires and saw they were bald on the inside and I posted on here and found out about the factory toe. Get that toe straightened out and you'll get a lot more life from your tires!

link to my thread
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...ign-tires.html

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Most people with bad camber wear flip flop the tires to get a little more life and time out of them! but as always your going for a certain look so you gotta pay to play......
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id like to see what Mariano SFFD103 has to sayy about this!! lolol
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id like to see what Mariano SFFD103 has to sayy about this!! lolol
well I don't know degree of rear camber. I'd guess -5 degrees. I went through my last set in 4K miles
255/30/20 on 20x10.5 rear wheels.
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Originally Posted by Toxicxk23
The IS comes from the factory with a very aggressive front toe setting which results in the inner treads of the tire wearing out really fast. I found this out when I was checking my tires and saw they were bald on the inside and I posted on here and found out about the factory toe. Get that toe straightened out and you'll get a lot more life from your tires!

link to my thread
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...ign-tires.html
I've got 51,000 mi, and I'm on my 3rd set of tires--pure stock on my 250 AWD.
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First set went through about 15k on hankook ventus. Now I've ordered the figs bushing and fronnt camber kit from spc.
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Originally Posted by Sffd103
well I don't know degree of rear camber. I'd guess -5 degrees. I went through my last set in 4K miles
255/30/20 on 20x10.5 rear wheels.
thats crazzzy dude. is this your daily driver?
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Originally Posted by Toxicxk23
The IS comes from the factory with a very aggressive front toe setting which results in the inner treads of the tire wearing out really fast. I found this out when I was checking my tires and saw they were bald on the inside and I posted on here and found out about the factory toe. Get that toe straightened out and you'll get a lot more life from your tires!

link to my thread
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...ign-tires.html
Yup.

When I first purchased my car, the inside of my front tires were worn out. I got an alignment done and here are the changes.

Toe on Front Left
Before: -0.03
After: 0.02

Toe on Front Right
Before: -0.06
After: 0.01
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Originally Posted by peyman
thats crazzzy dude. is this your daily driver?
no way, It's put on 10K miles in 3 years.
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My boy has a slammed Accord and he goes through tires I think every 6 months or so? If I remember correctly, he has - ~3 degree of camber up front and - ~4 in the rear.

Ive been on 20s for about 6 months now (bought the tires with ~2k miles on them) and have put about ~5k miles on them so far. I keep an eye on my camber wear and its not too bad. -1.5 up front and -2.5 in the rear. I dont drive too much though
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Michelin Pilot sport PS2s - the rears last around 20k-25k miles. The fronts last around 35-40k miles.

I drive around 20k miles/year, so I change my rear tires every year or so and my front tires every 2 years or so.
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Got an alignment last weekend
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My first wheels I had ...3months tires was shot .. rear 19x11 245/35/19 -4.3 :/


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