My tire wear pictures
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03-19-2006, 08:11 AM
My tire wear pictures
Stock Michelin Pilot Sports 225/45/18 fronts and 245/45/18 rears. This is after 40,000 km (25,000 miles).
Left Front:
Left Rear:
Right Front:
Right Rear:
New Yokohama ES100's. I know they're not as good as the stock, but this will do for now.
Before I had these tires swapped, there was always a "growl" when traveling at low speeds. Not sure if it was due to abnormal tire wear or tires are worn.
Left Front:
Left Rear:
Right Front:
Right Rear:
New Yokohama ES100's. I know they're not as good as the stock, but this will do for now.
Before I had these tires swapped, there was always a "growl" when traveling at low speeds. Not sure if it was due to abnormal tire wear or tires are worn.
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The rears look pretty good. Even wear. Just slightly bit more on the inside edges, but that's normal due to the camber.
The fronts however, looks out of spec. Inside wear is a lot on both front, but the front right has bad wear on the inside and ok wear on the outside. The front left has pretty even wear on both edges. Both fronts seems like they were under inflated, but it was probably from a lot of city driving with lots of turns. The center still has plenty of tread.
The fronts however, looks out of spec. Inside wear is a lot on both front, but the front right has bad wear on the inside and ok wear on the outside. The front left has pretty even wear on both edges. Both fronts seems like they were under inflated, but it was probably from a lot of city driving with lots of turns. The center still has plenty of tread.
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03-19-2006, 04:31 PM
Originally Posted by badtziscool
The rears look pretty good. Even wear. Just slightly bit more on the inside edges, but that's normal due to the camber.
The fronts however, looks out of spec. Inside wear is a lot on both front, but the front right has bad wear on the inside and ok wear on the outside. The front left has pretty even wear on both edges. Both fronts seems like they were under inflated, but it was probably from a lot of city driving with lots of turns. The center still has plenty of tread.
The fronts however, looks out of spec. Inside wear is a lot on both front, but the front right has bad wear on the inside and ok wear on the outside. The front left has pretty even wear on both edges. Both fronts seems like they were under inflated, but it was probably from a lot of city driving with lots of turns. The center still has plenty of tread.
Do you think I need an alignment as well? The car does drive straight and I don't hear any growling at low speeds.
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Do you think I need an alignment as well? The car does drive straight and I don't hear any growling at low speeds.
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03-20-2006, 11:08 AM
I went thru a set of potenza's real quick also. they always were loud tires but i think i was out of alignment. now have 75k on this 03 6mt & gonna install D-Spec shocks/struts G35 tein H tech's, new Dunlop Dizerra 101's & have it aligned. star out with everything right out of the box, & see how i do.
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03-20-2006, 12:34 PM
Are you sure?
Originally Posted by Texasscout
Have your alignment checked NOW! The sound you heard was "cupping" of the tread due to a slight misalignment. Looks great!
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03-20-2006, 12:45 PM
Originally Posted by Gashed
I don't agree. I am about to change my stock PS as well after getting 29K miles out of them. My front wear pattern is identical as the pics at the start of this thread. I also have the loud growl from 5 - 30 mph. Definitely due to cupping, but this wear pattern is due to the cant of the wheels.
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03-20-2006, 02:14 PM