So I swapped off my Pilots for my winter setup and to my surprise after just 3,000 miles the rear tires are definitely wearing...

If I run my hand along the tread, the outside of the tread feels and looks good, however the inner-half of each rear tire is smooth and looks like it's wearing a lot faster than the outer-half.

Is this nornal on our cars due to the camber setup? Would I be better off taking the tires over to a tire shop and have them swapped off and rotated? The fronts look fine. Should those be done as well???

Thanks!


2003 G35C 6mt - Brilliant Silver/Black - Premium/Aero

 

Have them inverted, it is what they call it, or flipped. Fronts should be fine.
You must really hammer that car, have you been doing alot of burnouts?
You wouldn't be the same person complaining of poor fuel mileage would you?

JD
2003.5 Coupe, Blk/Blk <P ID="edit"><FONT class="small"><EM>Edited by jdking on 11/18/03 12:57 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

You can't rotate the tires if you have a coupe. The back tire is wider the the front. Is your car dropped?

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I don't drive all that agressively and my car is bone stock. It's not like there'a HUGE difference between the inner-half and the outer-half of the tread, but it is noticable. I know the G has a negative camber setup from the factory, so I'm betting this is what is causing it.

I'll just probably have the backs broken down and rotated to increase the life.

2003 G35C 6mt - Brilliant Silver/Black - Premium/Aero

 

Doing a left-to-right tire rotation isn't going to help, and it's going to cost you money to have the tires remounted and rebalanced. They'll still wear on the inside when you're done rotating. Generally, on a sports car like this with staggered tire sizes and performance rubber, any gains you get in tire life by rotating are more than offset by the cost of unmounting/remounting/balancing fees.

You may want to have your alignment checked.

2003.5 G35 Sedan Desert Platinum/Graphite Premium/Sport/Aero/Nav/Winter