well i went to get around my 4th oil change today and while they were doing so, they noticed that my tires were wearing, steel threads showing. they said that it was very dangerous to be driving around right now and that i was lucky the tires didn't blow. did everyone else know the stock tires lasted only 12k miles???? when did everyone else replace their tires? now i gotta pay almost $300/tire. btw...i did get a wheel alignment at about 3k miles.

 

And you are lucky you must have kept the car well aligned :-)

Greg

 

You don't have to pay 300 a tire, you can get better cheaper tires.

 

I went through 2 sets before 25k.....And said F that and bought Falkon 615's they will last longer and 500 for the set shipped from discount tire....

 

The stock ones aren't great to begin with. Plus, like people said, you can get better tires for cheaper; check out tirerack.

 

such as...?

 

i dont know about better... but you can get comparable times...


Kumho MX ( better in the rain, little less in the wet) or Falken 615 (crappy in the rain, in between the stockers and MX's in the dry)

Both of those tires go for about 130 each


Cheers!

 

falken rt 615 they are about $150 each

Greg

 

ooo, thanks for all the suggestions. how much longer will these last compared to the stock

 

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Here is some Pics of my Falkon's...Have had know problems in the rain......Even did a street tune in the rain with my 35r set up and was fine.....

 

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U should be able to get 20 k out of them which is better then 12k

 

o ok. thanks

 

Had about 11k on my 03 before trading it, and the stock Yoki's probably had another 4-6k left in them. You might be able to pull more miles out of yours.

I rotated mine often which helped. Didn't baby them but also didn't drive it hard every day.

RK

 

I am trying the Maxxis MAV1's now, I like them and I paid $330 for all 4 mounted and balanced. Still taking turns at speed and a little squeak from the tires but no colossal loss of grip. The real reason I bought them was because Super Street put a calendar of their tires and some smoking hot ladies in the January issue. At least I am not gravely disappointed with the tire.