I'm in the norcal bay area and one of my front tires has some awful inner camber wear and all of the tread is gone. Looking for 235/40/18 to replace both fronts unless it's a better idea to replace all 4 tires. Is it bad to mix brands of tires front and rear? Please let me know where I should look.

 

You should be okay to mix brands between the fronts and rears. I typically go through Tirerack for my tires and have them shipped to an installer. Vex in SJ mounted and balanced my 4 tires for under $60.

 

^ Thanks. Do you know if Dunlop would offer any sort of compensation for my tire? All my other tires have slight camber wear but are perfectly fine.

Here's the deal:
I bought my tires/wheels used from a member of my350z and they had roughly 2-3k miles on them. I had the wheels on my G lowered on S-techs with an alignment for around 6-7k miles (< -2 camber) and now I have them on my z for <800 miles with an alignment barely lowered at around -1.6 camber. The inner tread is worn to shreds while the rest of the tire is perfect. I doubt I can get a warranty from the place of purchase since I don't have a receipt but what about manufacturing? Do they warrant such things?

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Discount/Americas tires in redwood city. They will price match anything you see online and offer great warranty on tires.

 

What are your TOE specs?

 

Toe is at the spec. I forget it's like 0.5 or 1.0 or something?

 

I had my tires installed at The Shop right behind Tanforan Mall. They work on some "hellaflush" cars so I trusted them.

 

The Shop does good work. Usually around $20/tire I think as well.

If your toe is .5 or 1.0, you definitely need that fixed. I doubt you'll get anything from the manufacturer. I think mine is 1/32nd or 1/16th (total) on the rear and 0 in the front.

 

Oh maybe it was 0.5 when I brought it in and around 0 when I left. oops

 

Dunlop will not warranty that tire. That tire is obviously worn due to alignment issues

 

I've had good luck with Faxon Garage - they've always treated me and my car well

 

Faxon Garage is good too. Theyre driveway is just a little steep for me.

 

Thanks guys I'll check out a couple of places. Figured it was alignment issue but thought it was strange that only 1 side would do that when the other side has at least 5 more mm of tread on that same tread line

 

That's what their ramps are for

If in doubt, let them drive your car onto the ramps

 

They have ramps? Last time I went there, they didn't use jack! And I had to listen to my front bumper and Y-Pipe scream for help.