03 boxster tire wear

[dkriebel]

man you guys are good thanks for quick, great answers!

[Brucelee]

I would like to see the rear tires on ANY boxster or 911 after 25K miles. Color me skeptical.

[deliriousga]

Originally Posted by Brucelee

I would like to see the rear tires on ANY boxster or 911 after 25K miles. Color me skeptical.

Aaahhh, you must remember....it's my wife's car. It is only driven like a Porsche two days a week if I'm lucky.

I put the first set of Ecsta ASX on the rear at 30K miles, the next set was just put on at 61K miles.

[RandallNeighbour]

I'd have to say I disagree with you all who say not to knock off the rubber and put it on the other side (unidirectional tire "rotating"). The way to make it work is to have it done every 3k or so when you have your tires balanced. Costs a little more, but the tires will wear evenly then and I've noticed it's kept my Kumho Ecsta MX's from becoming noisy.

I have 11k on my first set of tires since I bought the car and they're wearing quite evenly on the back. Now the front is a different story because I have some cupping already and that can't be avoided with the kind of "rotating" I'm suggesting.

Disclaimer: If you do it when you see inside wear (or 5~8k), it's too late and I'd have to agree that doing it will only make the tire wear quickly and cause an unsafe driving situation.

[Adam]

I have 13k mi and 2 yrs on my pilot sports and they still look real good. Even tire wear accross the board and decent tread depth even with about 25 auto-x runs on them. I'm sold on the michelins and the next set will definately be PS2's.