I have an 04 track. I bought the car used with 5000 on a second set of protenza's he told me complimentary switched in by dealership. But of course no more than 14,000 miles on those tires I start hearing the noise and the dealership tells me its definitelly feathering.

Is there any Fix for fire feathering other than changing the tires or this dumb suggestion I heard by the dealer to switch the tires around in the front?

 

The main thing is adjusting the toe. When I had mine replaced the guy also said the new potenzas were a different tread design that is supposed to help, but who knows if that's true or not. I got free tires up front that's all I care about.

I waited until I started losing traction in the front before I had them address it. I figured I would get as much use out of them as possible. The noise was very loud and just the inside of the tire was worn smooth. 70% of the tire still had a ton of tread. I just took it in and said "my tires have been making a god aweful roaring noise for some time now, and I think the tread is wearing weird too".

They came back shortly and said... 2 free tires coming up!

Anyway, I've got 10k on the new ones with absolutely no issues thus far. No roaring and no excessive inner tread wear.

 

Alignment and a better tire.

 

I've heard that you could change the control arms, but it almost feels useless to have this car if I'll be changing my tires this frequently.

 

Well the stock potenzas are a summer tire with 140 treadware. If you want longer tire life you can change to a different tire that suits your needs.

 

someone told me lowering the car can help with the feathering, but I don't know how true that is, anyone?

 

I doubt it's just because of lowering. The reason why they said that is probably because when you lower your car (with springs, coilovers, etc) you will need to get a re-alignment. I believe alignments either help or fix tire feathering issues.

 

I would just get an alignment every year