Thread: rear tire wear
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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 07:10 AM
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Default Re: rear tire wear

Originally Posted by hcarter
I experenced the same problem with General xclaim Tires on my 6 ,I got a whole 11,000 miles before the centers where wore out ,I also watched the tire pressure and didn't spin the tires a lot , The Tire dealer told me it was because of the soft compound of the tires and the extra torq of my car , He told me the torq just from pulling out would wear and break down the softer compound tires quicker , fRONT tires still look new I put nitto 555's on the rear now,,,we will see how they fair
Did your Exclaims get much louder towards the end? I've got about 18,000 miles on the 275/30 Exclaims & about 24,000 miles on the Cooper Zeons on the front of the 07 stick & they are 2x louder than the wife's 08 automatic with OEMs & < 5,000 miles?????
 
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