Why do the stock tires treadwear suck?
Sep 22, 2007, 08:40 AM
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Why do the stock tires treadwear suck?
My car is perfectly aligned with zero toe all around. I've had new advans on the car since February/ March of this year and now we're into September on one of the tires (my front right) has half as much tread left than the other four tires. I've also had numerous tire shops say that all 4 or my tires are cupping (wearing unevenly on all surfaces). Is this attributed to my driving style? I do love to take hard right turns from time to time! 
The tires do handle exceptionally well but I don't see getting more than a year and a half out of advans without flipping them.
The tires do handle exceptionally well but I don't see getting more than a year and a half out of advans without flipping them.
Sep 22, 2007, 08:43 AM
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The stock tires were really aggressive along with the camber and toe of the stock suspension. This made the car handle execptionally well and looked good on paper.
Sep 22, 2007, 08:46 AM
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But how can one tire wear more than all the other tires. Granted it's in the front with negative 2 camber but toe is still zero.
Warrtalon why can you not flip these tires?
Warrtalon why can you not flip these tires?
Sep 22, 2007, 08:57 AM
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camber stil wears tires... if you have half the tire have more preasure on the road than the other half when you tunr and so on.. in a few months it takes its toll...
Sep 22, 2007, 09:15 AM
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A variety of factors. Alignment, weight distribution (more weight on front end), daily driving (most drivers probably make more right turns than left, plus right turns tend to be a bit tighter compared to making the wider left turns due to the layout of lanes in the U.S.), etc.
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Sep 22, 2007, 04:37 PM
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You also have a lot more problems on your hands with 20* of negative camber then. Camber affects where the wear occurs on the tire, toe is what causes the actual accelerated rate of wear. 2* of negative camber will not cause noticeable excessive tire wear.
