Is it normal for the rear tires to wear twice as fast as the fronts? The rear tires of both the oem tire and the replacement falkens I put on wear at least twice as fast as the fronts. I have the OEM 18's, stock suspension, no burnouts or crazy jdm drifting (not even normal jdm drifting.) The cold tire pressures are even all the way around, as well as the hot tire pressure. The wear is even in the back with no abnormal patterns. I did a search, but many of the posts were from '03 when the feathering/cupping problem was going on. Wondering if the fast rear wear is a common condition on the 05+ Z's.

 

Whats "JDM" drifting? Whats the difference between JDM drifting and "crazy" jdm drifting?

I must have these answered!

If i usdm drift can i not jdm drift?

EDIT: Sorry ill try and answer:

This problem is not uncommon with the Z, or any rwd sports car for that matter.

 

REAR WHEEL Drive

 

Join Date: Jun 2005

You have been thinking about this a long time.

 

Good question.

With a RWD vehicle, and all factors being equal; you should expect about a 40% additional wear factor on the rears.

Of course various factors affect this wear. For example, if you are in stop-and-go driving much of the time; braking-dips result in more wear on the fronts.

--Spike

 

seems to be about normal, my fronts now have 50k on them , my recond set of rears have 20k on them.

 

OK fair enough. First rear wheel drive car Ive owned. I didnt pay much attention to it on the oem tires, though I did make sure to buy 4 matched tires instead of just replacing the rears (4 falkens were as expensive as 2 RE04's) so that if it happened again I could just replace the rears. Now that I dont have to figure out why this is happening I can get to work on the wikipedia entry for the different types of JDM drifting...

 

I'll check for your entry this weekend.

 

More neg camber in the rear, rwd, limited rotation possibilities due to different sizes/designs is a recipe for wear like that. Depending on the tire it's not uncommon for the rears to go twice as fast as fronts.

 

I dont think more - camber in the rear would increase overall tire wear, just uneven wear and maybe increased on the insides...but not overall increased wear.

But your the tire guy, not me, lol.