Rear tires wear out quickly
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Rear tires wear out quickly
I have a 2002 SC430 and I can't keep tires on the back. They wear out evenly across the tire. The alignment is good and the shocks are fine. I have tried different brands and I get the same results. Any suggestions.
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Hopefully you dont do burnouts, accelerate hard, turn hard or hard stop. Those can affect your tires to wear out faster. Also, depends on the roads you drive, like if u drive alot on gravel roads, those wear out your tires too.
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I've had the same problem with my Sc400. I changed the Stock Speed Rating (from V..149MPH to H130MPH.) I noticed that all the tire's tested in the Consumer Reports with a V Speed Rating had fair to poor tread life, whereas the lower Speed Ratings showed (tire wear) longevity.
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if the toe is set improperly in the rear, you can get even wear across the tire, yet still wear the tires quite fast...
I got 30k miles out of each set of ultra high performance Bridgestones and BFGoodrich tires, with pretty aggressive driving and alignment settings... the toe setting is the key though...
I got 30k miles out of each set of ultra high performance Bridgestones and BFGoodrich tires, with pretty aggressive driving and alignment settings... the toe setting is the key though...
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I have a 99 LS lowered on Megans with a 2 finger gap with no post lowering alignment. I now have about 41k miles on my Yokohama S.drives and although very low on tread I still have a few thousand miles left in them with pretty even treadwear. You should possibly look into some tires with a higher treadwear rating.
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I have a 99 LS lowered on Megans with a 2 finger gap with no post lowering alignment. I now have about 41k miles on my Yokohama S.drives and although very low on tread I still have a few thousand miles left in them with pretty even treadwear. You should possibly look into some tires with a higher treadwear rating.
Although treadwear ratings play a factor, when it comes to very quick wear, its usually the driver or alignment or both...
I am also curious to know how quickly the OP is going through tires...
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