09-08-2009, 08:58 AM
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Sounds like normal wear for the rears. I get about 4000 mi on set of PS2 rears.
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09-08-2009, 09:27 AM
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Location: Unionville, CT
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Originally Posted by Topless
Sounds like normal wear for the rears. I get about 4000 mi on set of PS2 rears.
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Per mile, that's around 50% more than we pay for gasoline! You made ME feel much better about mine. Bob
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09-08-2009, 09:36 AM
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Sounds like reasonable wear to me...
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09-08-2009, 10:50 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: CA
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Unfortunately the ware you describe is "normal". You can go to an even harder tire but your handling will suffer somewhat. Tire ware is just the penalty we have to pay for a good handling sports car.
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09-08-2009, 11:46 AM
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Location: Orlando, FL
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Poke around the forum a bit and you'll find this is quite common for our cars.
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09-08-2009, 12:09 PM
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Location: Virginia
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"Sounds like normal wear for the rears. I get about 4000 mi on set of PS2 rears."
I have gotten as little as 4000 miles on my PS2's, but I normally get 5-6K on a set of rears. That is one reason I bought another set of wheels and put some inexpensive Nexin's on them. The Nexin wear well, but I rarely use them because they dont stick like the PS2's.
Ed
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09-08-2009, 01:29 PM
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I *wish* I'd get more than 10k miles out of my rears, you did well with 12k
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09-08-2009, 05:35 PM
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Location: Sanford NC
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14k and surely have 4k more on Michelin Ribs
And I change out before the wear bars. I have an '01S TIP with the suspension aligned for even tire wear. No track use.
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09-08-2009, 06:09 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Wisconsin
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If your wear is even across the tread and you are not drivng the car hard, your alignment is probably off (unless your seats and trunks never have more than 170 pounds).
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