Tires wearing super fast...Help!!

Blacklisted9

Hey everyone,

So i am writing this because i have had 2 sets of tires both from different brands. Both sets wearing way faster then they should. The Coopers i currently have i have about 700-800 miles on them and they are already at 5/32 left.
First set was gone after 2000 miles.

Car was aligned when done.
Tire pressure is spot on

Car is lowered on Swift Springs

Car ALSO seems to be ice skating across the road. Car seems to be all over the road

Any help would be greatly helpful!

Halfkiddio

Raise the car off the ground and start moving the wheels back and forth. Look for any serious deflection in the bushings or steering joints, as well as the wheel bearings. There isn't much that will cause excessive tire wear on the Z.

Side note: You can have a good alignment on a rack, but still have bad suspension/steering components.

Blacklisted9

So i am going to show my ignorence,the suspension/steering component is what could cause it to be ice skating off the road right?

Halfkiddio

There are multiple things in the front or rear that can cause what you are experiencing. I just generalized everything under suspension/steering components. You have bushings, ball joints, and wheel bearings that can all cause these issues.

Blacklisted9

Okay, ill go check it out now. You think its possible it could be the springs?

Halfkiddio

I highly doubt it. You might also want to have a separate shop check your alignment to make sure it's not the machine it was aligned on the first two times.

Blacklisted9

Okay, alignment was done at different shops which is good.

I have to wait about an hour to really look at it. But what in particular should i be looking for i know that's broad just wondering.

Halfkiddio

Basically you're looking for any excessive movement in the whole assembly. You can do that by shaking the wheel left to right to check arms and bushings, and up and down (lifting the wheel straight up. Best done with a jack handle or pry bar.) to check ball joints and wheel bearings.

You really shouldn't have any movement in any direction front or rear, so anything more than 1/8" is excessive. If you get movement, start tracing it back, working your way from the outside in.

Blacklisted9

Now i'm unsure of what our warranty cover. But since i do have a full warranty on the car is this something nissan should cover IF there is any issues?

BboyZ

Not good at tires, but can I ask what thread wear are your tires?

Halfkiddio

That's up to the dealer to decide, and what mileage you have. If you have a good dealer around you, you should be able to get away with it. But I can see them throwing a fit at the lowering springs.

Blacklisted9

cooper zeon rs3-s 325/30r19 90000020060 300 aaa y 105 n/a blk

Halfkiddio

As a side note, tread wear doesn't really matter when you are having issues like this.

Blacklisted9

I have a full aftermarket warranty that i purchased.

Halfkiddio

These are on the stock sport rays??