rear tire wear???
rear tire wear???
...i never!!!! spin out but i had my tires off yesterday and was comparing how the front tread has kept so well while the rear looks half as good....anybody had any experience with this if you are one not to burn out a lot???
oh yeah...all the tires got put on the same time around a year ago...
oh yeah...all the tires got put on the same time around a year ago...
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Even if you're not doing burnouts, the tire wear on a RWD sportscar like the Z will be high. I usually wear out two sets of rears for every set of fronts.
I always give you a break because I think your questions are legitimate:
Generally rear wheel drive vehicles will wear rear tires fastest than front.
Generally front wheel drive vehicles will wear front tires fastest than rear.
90 percent of vehicles on the road have the same size tires all around. You can do a X-rotate to even out wear. This is not possible with the 350Z.
Generally rear wheel drive vehicles will wear rear tires fastest than front.
Generally front wheel drive vehicles will wear front tires fastest than rear.
90 percent of vehicles on the road have the same size tires all around. You can do a X-rotate to even out wear. This is not possible with the 350Z.
Last edited by davidv; Dec 3, 2009 at 08:26 AM.
I always give you a break because I think your questions are legitimate:
Generally rear wheel drive vehicles will wear rear tires fastest than front.
Generally front wheel drive vehicles will wear front tires fastest than front.
90 percent of vehicles on the road have the same size tires all around. You can do a X-rotate to even out wear. This is not possible with the 350Z.
Generally rear wheel drive vehicles will wear rear tires fastest than front.
Generally front wheel drive vehicles will wear front tires fastest than front.
90 percent of vehicles on the road have the same size tires all around. You can do a X-rotate to even out wear. This is not possible with the 350Z.
oh yeah, would it also help to get the tires balanced every now and then since we can't rotate our tires or would that be a waste???
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Any tire that's putting the power from the engine to the ground is going to wear out more due to the torque transferred from the tires to the ground. Even if you aren't "burning out", there is still friction between the tires and the ground when you accelerate.
A 2 to 1 ratio of replacing rears to fronts on the 350z is pretty normal, as another member mentioned.
There's nothing you can do about it other than try to keep your alignment set correctly. Getting it done once a year should be adequate.
A 2 to 1 ratio of replacing rears to fronts on the 350z is pretty normal, as another member mentioned.
There's nothing you can do about it other than try to keep your alignment set correctly. Getting it done once a year should be adequate.
I don't know what you guys consider normal but I go through 4 sets of rears a year and 2 sets of fronts a year. I do a few track days a year and several auto-x's a year, along with daily driving and plenty of spirited driving. But I have wider than stock sizes with stock power so I don't wear nearly as fast, but still fast enough.
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Here is a situation where you might see more equal wear of your front and rear tires on a rear-wheel drive car:
If you spend a lot of your driving time on expressways during rush hour and you are constantly doing “stop-and-go,” you will wear your front tires more than the rears each time you apply the brakes to slow or stop your car. Whenever the front of your car dips when braking/slowing, there is more wear on your front tires than your rear tires.
Just presenting the “counterpoint,”
--Spike
If you spend a lot of your driving time on expressways during rush hour and you are constantly doing “stop-and-go,” you will wear your front tires more than the rears each time you apply the brakes to slow or stop your car. Whenever the front of your car dips when braking/slowing, there is more wear on your front tires than your rear tires.
Just presenting the “counterpoint,”
--Spike
Yeah a lot of performance tires have directional tread... in which case we cant swap side for side.
I don't know what you guys consider normal but I go through 4 sets of rears a year and 2 sets of fronts a year. I do a few track days a year and several auto-x's a year, along with daily driving and plenty of spirited driving. But I have wider than stock sizes with stock power so I don't wear nearly as fast, but still fast enough.
I don't know what you guys consider normal but I go through 4 sets of rears a year and 2 sets of fronts a year. I do a few track days a year and several auto-x's a year, along with daily driving and plenty of spirited driving. But I have wider than stock sizes with stock power so I don't wear nearly as fast, but still fast enough.
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Yeah a lot of performance tires have directional tread... in which case we cant swap side for side.
I don't know what you guys consider normal but I go through 4 sets of rears a year and 2 sets of fronts a year. I do a few track days a year and several auto-x's a year, along with daily driving and plenty of spirited driving. But I have wider than stock sizes with stock power so I don't wear nearly as fast, but still fast enough.
I don't know what you guys consider normal but I go through 4 sets of rears a year and 2 sets of fronts a year. I do a few track days a year and several auto-x's a year, along with daily driving and plenty of spirited driving. But I have wider than stock sizes with stock power so I don't wear nearly as fast, but still fast enough.
--Spike
Yeah a lot of performance tires have directional tread... in which case we cant swap side for side.
I don't know what you guys consider normal but I go through 4 sets of rears a year and 2 sets of fronts a year. I do a few track days a year and several auto-x's a year, along with daily driving and plenty of spirited driving. But I have wider than stock sizes with stock power so I don't wear nearly as fast, but still fast enough.
I don't know what you guys consider normal but I go through 4 sets of rears a year and 2 sets of fronts a year. I do a few track days a year and several auto-x's a year, along with daily driving and plenty of spirited driving. But I have wider than stock sizes with stock power so I don't wear nearly as fast, but still fast enough.
No one tire is good for all 4 applications.
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