Time for new rear tires
 

Got my new rear tires today, actually 1 hour ago.

Less than 12,000 mls. But that is ok, I drive "spirited". :)


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New shoes are always nice. What brand and model did you get?

They look like HRTZ III's.

Good wear pattern on the old tires. Looks like alignment is good, but you might want to check it. I scrubbed a set of rears that had about 50% left to the wear bars within 3k miles because the rear toe was wrong.

Correct! 3 interwebs points for you :):):)

For the money a really good tire. Not the stickiest but quiet, even when worn.

I hope all 4 tires match.

Your wear looks pretty good.

Yep, all 4 match. Seems like the fronts last twice as long as the rears in general.

You are correct.

i was wondering if you begin getting increased road noise from the tires as they wore down to the point in your photo-my rear tires are nearly there and they are beginning to become very noisy cant tell if its the tires or something else

I wore my last set of HTRZ III's down to the wear bars and had no more noise than when they were new.

Ha! The rears were a little noisy (really a little). That was a real nice surprise because a lot of tires get noisy with age and wear.
Now the fronts are louder than the rears....... It also makes a big difference in tire pressure. The fronts are quiet at approx. 32-33 psi, anything higher = more noise.
BTW, these are 17".

I NEVER notice road noise with my tires as they wear. PS2's on the Boxster, and Yoko's and Kumho on the 993 Turbo.

I notice more noise from Hankook RS-3 as they wear. Same for the Toyo R888 track tires but the Nitto NT-01 track tires stay as quiet as the PS2's throughout their life.