4500 kms on stock re050a. Terrible wear.

Ryan998

Front7/32
Rear6/32

WTF is going on with my foot?
My friends ask me to swap a foot that can control the gas padal instead swap the tires

Halfkiddio

Welcome to performance cars. That tire wear is normal if you're always driving it to enjoy it. Also, the OEM tires suck for wear. You need to get something like a set of Michelin PSS or PS4S to replace them when they are fully worn out.

For reference, I have had 6 sets of tires on my Z in just about two years (17 days away in fact). I don't drive the car casually very much, and usually have less than 10k miles on a set of tires by the time they are dead, with the front and rear wearing evenly.

ChaseZ

Alignment?

I've got MUCH better wear than that on my RE-11/71R with More than double the km. In fact my rear RE-11 from last year are still so good they are my front tires for this year.

barncobob

i have 10K on Reo50a and they look like new,,,,of course im 68 and dont drive like a teenager

Ryan998

PS4S should be my next set of tires.

jchammond

Treadwear rating on that tire is only (140)...must be a very soft compound.
So your tires are gonna wear pretty fast.
Normal driving & an average way to calculate milage/per treadwear rating....is to add 2-0's to the backside of the treadwear #.
so a 140 would yield about 14,000mi...300-30,000mi./driving habit's play a huge roll.
get some all season tires (500 or so treadwear) & keep your foot out
of it & get close to 50k.
This is only from personal experience & knowledge gained from myself,close friends & family + years of mechanic work...so don't shoot! you probably won't see this posted anywhere;as cars weigh different amounts,fwd,rwd,awd,etc....all are determining factor's.
It just gives you a baseline to go by.

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Halfkiddio

If you get 50k out of a set of tires on the Z, you're doing it all wrong.



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jchammond

I agree; but 245/45/18 Goodyear Eagle all seasons went 38,000 on the front & were removed because I went through 2 sets of 275/40's on rear..they still have 6/32" tread.


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Halfkiddio

Where do you live? That's still more than double what I get out of a set. Even on the fronts.


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jchammond

SC & that's rotating side to side every 5k

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