I got my Toyo T1s back in December of '05 and I think they have about 2k more miles in them at most. These are on the rear. However, if I hadn't done so many burnouts, drifts and other tire abusing things, they might have had a fair chance at living longer!

 

I found some pictures...

 

14K miles on my Bridgstones and my rears need replaced, bad.

Damn turbo kits....

 

04 6MT, just replaced my stock michelin pilots at 43K. rears at wearbars, fronts still has some grip. i would have gone on if not for winter coming up and state inspection, im sure it'll not pass.

anyway, on contiextremecontacts all seasons now and they're good.

 

43k! damn, I only got about half of that.

 

that kinda sucks..? wtf?

my integra gets over 60k on front and 100+ on the rear.. its all about alignment, camber kit and no need to race everytime you see another g35 2 blocks away from,, on the other side of the street or you see another ricers and wanting to show off your car.

 

I recently asked the service representative at my local infiniti dealer what I should expect in terms of tire life and what replacement tires they would recommend (other than the OEM Michelin).

The service rep told me that there were tires available from Bridgestone, BF Goodrich, and Avon, in addition to the Michelins. From a price standpoint he suggested the Avons.

The rep thought I could get 15-20K on the current tires. He mentioned that two current customers have different brands (front vs. rear) and that so far, everything was OK. I asked why it would matter and he said that the Infiniti (Nissan) traction control system measures tread depth and a big disparity between front and rear will trigger a fault. When this happens the car goes into some kind of limp mode and can only be driven up to 50 miles per hour.

Can anybody validate any of this?

Also, anybody had problems with flat spots in the (18" Performance tire package) Michelin OEM front tires? Any luck with Michelin's warranty?

Thanks!

 

When I put new goodyear eagle f1 dsg3's on the back and left my michelins on up front, my vdc would kick in when I'd make high speed turns (interstate ramps). This is a little annoying from time to time, but its never really been anything I've cared about.

 

That isn't correct. At least in my experience. My front tires have a lot of tread left on them while my rear tires could be classified as racing slicks. I would consider that a "big disparity." My car has never gone into any kind of limp mode.

 

I have Michelin Pilot Sport A/S on mine, and after 20k miles, the backs are worn out. I'm probably going to get the Bridgestone Potenza RE962 Pole Position Tires. They are rated #1 at tirerack, and actually have a 40k miles warranty.

From what I understand, I don't think the issue is with the fronts and backs being different brand, so much as if they are different category tires. For example, don't mix Max Summer with Ultra-HighPerformance All-Seasons.