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Old 06-14-2016, 09:07 AM   #1
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Last October I put a set of Bridgestone Potenza tires on the rear of my 2001 Boxster S. I looked at them last week and discovered they are worn down to the wear bars. The wear is even across each rear tire but I got less than 5,000 miles out of them. I usually get between 8 and 10 thousand miles out of a set of rear tires. No track days, drifting lessons or anything but normal street use. Has anyone else experienced this accelerated wear with these tires?

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which Potenza specifically. They make about 20 different versions
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which Potenza specifically. They make about 20 different versions


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Old 06-14-2016, 11:06 AM   #3
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Isn't the rear suppose to have a bit of Negative camber (Wear on the inside)?
If it's wearing even, that may indicate alignment is off.
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