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Old 06-11-2009, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by scotts300

How did you figure it out? You read it here or you experienced some problem?
Talking with people on the forums and seeing how the tire, how do I say it, distributes the rubber under all that weight of the car at their size. It really likes to wear the middle of the tire out. I suppose running around 30psi might help(the tire has a chance to spread out a little more being less inflatted) but Im at a little over 6k miles and Im down to around 5-10% in the middle of my rear tires...Its not the alignment or toe..thats all correct....so yea
Old 06-11-2009, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by zerafian
Talking with people on the forums and seeing how the tire, how do I say it, distributes the rubber under all that weight of the car at their size. It really likes to wear the middle of the tire out. I suppose running around 30psi might help(the tire has a chance to spread out a little more being less inflatted) but Im at a little over 6k miles and Im down to around 5-10% in the middle of my rear tires...Its not the alignment or toe..thats all correct....so yea
This is what my contact patch looks like.
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Old 06-12-2009, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by DaytonaZED
This is what my contact patch looks like.
Have you taken a depth gauge (or penny) to it? The center portion doesn't look much worse than the outer portion, at least from these pics. . .
Old 06-12-2009, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by scotts300
Have you taken a depth gauge (or penny) to it? The center portion doesn't look much worse than the outer portion, at least from these pics. . .
I was just showing what the contact patch looks like. i just purchased the tires new 2 days ago.
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First and foremost i realize this thread is over 2 years old ha but i am curious if the correct size is 265/40/18 and 245/40/18 or are you supposed to stick with a 45 series sidewall?
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Nevermind I figured it out by looking at the pictures
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