jasonm

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Has a "Worst tire thread" been started yet?

If not I will start:
Brand: Sumitomo HRTZ 2

Why? Horrible treadwear rating of 200, chunks of the rubber came off the tire after only 1 week of use.

Size used: 245/35/20

Just want to make sure that no one wastes there time or money on these.

19psi

got any pics of the chunks of rubber missing?

jasonm

iTrader: (5)

Sorry I sold them quick on craigslist before they became worthless. The rubber on the edge of the tread wore down way fast...funny thing is the guy I sold them to had a set on his car and there were chunks missing from his tire on the inside. You could see the steel belt.

19psi

that's really weird.

jasonm

iTrader: (5)

Ok...just took off my 225/30/20 General Exclaim UHP on 20x8.5 rims in front.
There was a crack where the tread met the side wall that looked like a blade cut through. Basically the tire split on both front tires.
Replaced them with Nitto Neo Gen 225/35/20...we'll see how these hold up.
Front is at -2.3 camber.
Anyone else going to join in?

Lexusfreak

worst tires in anything but dry pavement? Bridgestone Potenza RE 92's & Bridgestone Turanza EL 42's. OE on many new cars including Lexus.

19psi

IT COULD BE your camber and load rating of the tires causing the damage. pretty standard for a lot of us to have tires basically disintigrate when we run serious negative camber. are you stretched too?

jasonm

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Yup, minor stretch and negative 2-3 degrees. I didn't think I was that low.

Solo_D33A

So how was the Generals? Planing on getting them for my summer rims...

PureDrifter

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i STRONGLY disagree with your review of the generals, i ran them for a year on my 18s without any issues at all, liked them so much i just put a pair on the rear of my 20s

19psi

man, i think it's just your camber and stretch doing it. some tires can hold up to that kind of (mis)use longer than others, but i wouldn't blame a tire for something that you basically caused. i'm not ripping you, i run neg. camber and stretched tires too, but i know that i'll be replacing them every 3 months so i dont' even worry about it. i pick up used tires from work and just stick them on.

mitsuguy

iTrader: (2)

The only problem I had with mine was that the traction sucked so bad I replaced them after only three months and basically gave them away... Since then I've vowed to never use a cheap tire again...

mitsuguy

iTrader: (2)

I had a customer buy a set of these for his Mustang for an autocross - just wanted something cheap... Coincidently, I saw him at the next autocross and he was running horrible times, and the tires did the exact same thing... A friend I was with told me he was usually one of the fast guys out there...

jasonm

iTrader: (5)

Puredrifter...the Generals did seem pretty good. I used them then flipped them for about a month with the good tread on the inside and somehow they started splitting. They do seem to have a nice pattern and thick and durable tread. It could be my camber and mild stretch. I might need to run some 17" or 18" as back up once in awhile. I have had good luck with Nitto in the past and Toyo's seemed to work well too.

FMJ IS

Goodyear Eagle LS, pretty much all Goodyear except their F1 series....
snow tires excluded