How long should the Bridgestone S03 tires last for normal driving, without tracking? I had the dealer mount the tires around 12,400miles, and I had to replace them around 23,100miles. It only lasted 10,700miles. Is it normal since it's a "High Performance" tire?

What's the average miles on the S03?

 

Humm - - I hoped to get more milage out of them than that ? ? I replaced my worn out RE040's at 13,500 with S03's - - I've only got 2,000 miles on them so far - - still the S03's are far superior IMO than the RE040's - - I'd expect the S03's to last a little longer since the wear number is higher than the OEM tires - - I'll buy another set even if they only last 12,000 miles.

 

i got 6K on mine and still look and perform brand new

 

Just make sure to check the tire pressure often and have a positive camber then u should get plenty of miles on those tires.

 

Mine were wearing out more from the center to the outside edge of the tires, both sides... I swap them left and right around 8000miles. I also had feathering problem before S03, with the stock RE040, but never had any sign of feathering with S03...

Maybe I need to have another alignment check...

 

U swap them left and right, u remount each wheels?

 

yeah... swap the tires, and remounted them... reblance afterward..

 

Kewl... I might do that too, if the tires r wearing out uneven. Cuz those SO3 cost an arm and a leg... especially on 20s.

 

If the center of you tire has more wear than the edges, then your tires are over inflated. I can't tell if you were referring to this happening on your s-03's or the 040's. Food for thought.

I had a set of RE010's on my itr. I drove somewhat aggressively on those and they were dangerously bald at 15k. RE010's have a tread rating of 120. S-03's have a rating of 220. I've never driven on a set of s-03's, so my statements here are simply speculation. But if I ever bought a set I would expect to get about 20 to 25 thousand miles out of them.

 

dude, post more pics of your car, it looks awesome!

 

Thanx...
Unfortunately i dont have any current pix of my coupe (only the one on the sig). Ill snap some shot and post them soon...

 

More wear on the edges would be under-inflated would it not? Wear down the middle would be over-inflation since they'd puff up like a balloon.

 

Correct.

 

I have ~9500K on mine with no real issues. Wear is even and there hasn't really been that much. I'd estimate 25K at this rate. And that's with a few burn outs here and there. If your setup is correct then they should last quite a bit longer than 10-11K...

 

If you read what he had typed. He had said:

Emphasizing "to"

From the impression I get, he means, one half of the section of the tire, looking at it from a width point of view. This is an alignment problem. Over inflation means wearing directly down the middle of the tread width.