Worn Tires

3-fity · Dec 16th, 2002, 03:27 PM

I just took my car into NTB to have the tires rotated and balanced. Oddly enough my front tires has near perfect tread while my rear tires were rated at 3,4,3 on both. I have always maintaned the correct inflation on all of my tires. Sorry if this is a juvenile question. Any ideas?

3.5SE Auto · Dec 16th, 2002, 03:44 PM

have you lowered your car or do you do a lot of hard cornering?

these are two cases where you might have undue stress on the rear wheels.

A REALLY, REALLY huge tool box or speaker box may also cause that especially if the wear is worse on the inside of the tires.

3-fity · Dec 16th, 2002, 03:51 PM

The wear is fairly even thoughout the tire. A little better in the middle. I do not carry anything too heavy in my trunk other than the occasional dead body. Don't really corner that hard all that often.

Afty · Dec 16th, 2002, 04:04 PM

I would think that hard cornering would wear the front tires faster, since all the weight is on them. When I rotated my tires a few months back, I noticed that the rear tires had much more tread left than the fronts.

**ALTYHOLIC** · Dec 16th, 2002, 04:04 PM

Did you physically inspect the rears after they told you that?
Might just have been a case of the tire shop playing on your
vunerablilities...trying to sell you some new tires.

3-fity · Dec 16th, 2002, 04:17 PM

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Originally posted by ALTYHOLIC
Did you physically inspect the rears after they told you that?
Might just have been a case of the tire shop playing on your
vunerablilities...trying to sell you some new tires.

Yeah I did actually, I am always cautious of that, besides I HAVE NO VUNERABILITIES!!!

The rear tyres really did look worn. I always wanted to spell tires like tyres for some reason.

Buddy02 · Dec 16th, 2002, 04:19 PM

get new tires. something decent

3-fity · Dec 16th, 2002, 04:25 PM

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Originally posted by Buddy02
get new tires. something decent

Unfortunatly thats what I am going to have to do. I just to avoid it from happening again.

Dec 17th, 2002, 03:16 PM

Does anyone have any experience with Blizacks (sp) for snow tires on the Alty- I had them on my Grand Am and loved them- they are soft though so with all my driving only got 2 seasons on them... It snows a lot here

Coco · Dec 17th, 2002, 03:54 PM

I've had some experience with some Bizatches, but that's another story...

Ratwayne · Dec 17th, 2002, 06:14 PM

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Originally posted by Oasis
Does anyone have any experience with Blizacks (sp) for snow tires on the Alty- I had them on my Grand Am and loved them- they are soft though so with all my driving only got 2 seasons on them... It snows a lot here

I had Blizacks on a turbo Volvo and got 2 seasons out of them..
Tire Rack has a good deal on them right now Jen......

Right now I am running Cooper Wintermasters. They are T rated and an aggressive tread. They don`t cost as much as Michelins (S rating). They work fine. I`m saving the bucks for Real Good Summers because that is when I drive more long distances.