Duration of Tires?

kobnj · 09-01-2012, 11:39 AM

I have a 2012 Z with Sport Package. Does anyone know how many miles will my Potenza Sport tires last before I would need to replace them? I travel 10 miles to work back and forth everyday and 65 miles back and forth twice a month to visit my girlfriend.

enkei2k · 09-01-2012, 11:52 AM

I'd say search around, but many people have posted that the OEM tires will last around 15k miles, give or take a few thousand miles depending on usage.

CSA0890 · 09-01-2012, 01:59 PM

My rears were showing wires at 16k. I was pretty rough on them with a few donuts and such. The fronts are still above 50% though.

Jsolo · 09-01-2012, 04:12 PM

15-20Kmiles is typical. Rapid deceleration accelerates tire wear too. Those conjugal visits do add up

280z/300zx · 09-02-2012, 12:50 AM

At 17500 currently and probably only have another 2k miles left on them at most. If I do another auto-x, which I plan to do, it'll probably decrease that time. I drive aggressively and have done one auto-x event so far in these tires. No burnouts though, just hard launches.

red6spd · 09-02-2012, 01:20 AM

16k and I had belts showing. Only one drag session two donuts and maybe a handful of hard launches.

roy'sz · 09-02-2012, 01:37 AM

24k

delusional · 09-02-2012, 03:29 AM

they were going at ~19k miles.

RonRizz · 09-02-2012, 07:13 AM

12,500 on the rears. No donuts, ect.
fronts now have 15,900 wont make it to 20 though

Alstann · 09-05-2012, 04:11 PM

I got 15k out of mine, and I was getting close to having a completely flat smooth tire. This was with many drag strip runs, aggressive driving, etc. Fronts had plenty of life left though, I could have easily kept them on until the next tire change for the rear.

Sagi · 09-30-2012, 01:37 PM

It seems like the rear wears out faster than the front tires.. so what do you guys do? do you replace only the rears first or replace all 4?

I got my oil change the other day and the guys told me that my rear will need to be replaced soon.. it's at 18k miles...

Guavazo · 09-30-2012, 04:47 PM

18K miles sounds about right for average life. I believe you can just replace the rare and keep the front if it still got plenty of life.

370Z Purist · 10-01-2012, 12:52 PM

I'm at 13K and my rears are even with all the wear bars. A few launches, sure, but no burn outs or donuts or any kind of massive smoke generation.

Fronts are maybe 20%. Close to one of the wear bars.

I intend to run the piss out of my rears (until cord, basically) and then I'll run some ultrac sessanta's. I'm really looking forward to a grippy tire that has double the treadlife...

09-01-2012, 11:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
kobnj Banned Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: New Jersey Posts: 65 Drives: '12 Solid Red 370Z Rep Power: 0	Duration of Tires? I have a 2012 Z with Sport Package. Does anyone know how many miles will my Potenza Sport tires last before I would need to replace them? I travel 10 miles to work back and forth everyday and 65 miles back and forth twice a month to visit my girlfriend.

09-02-2012, 01:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
red6spd A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 3,277 Drives: 2010 Z Coupe M6 SPT Rep Power: 21	16k and I had belts showing. Only one drag session two donuts and maybe a handful of hard launches. __________________ 2010 Base+Sport 6spd: Stillen G3, FI Non-Resonated CBE, FI Non-Resonated Test Pipes, UpRev Tuned, Custom 24R Oil Cooler, JDM Rear Fog-OEM Harness. ???Whp ???WTQ (Will find out come spring time)

09-02-2012, 03:29 AM	#8 (permalink)
delusional Track Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NewYork Posts: 968 Drives: 09 PG T/S/N 7AT Rep Power: 15	they were going at ~19k miles. __________________ 2009 Platinum Graphite Touring [ Sport Package ¦¦ Navigation ¦¦ 7 Speed Automatic ] [ Berk ¦ H&R ¦ ONEighty ¦ K&N ¦ Stillen ¦ Eibach ¦ Cobb ¦ Ichiba ¦ Hankook ]

09-02-2012, 07:13 AM	#9 (permalink)
RonRizz A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Pine grove, Pa Posts: 2,136 Drives: 2 feet, 3 pedals Rep Power: 6775	12,500 on the rears. No donuts, ect. fronts now have 15,900 wont make it to 20 though __________________ P99rs Head Unit--- Amps- 2 Pioneer Prs800d --- Zapco ST1000MX---Zapco ST-4XSQ---- SI BM mk5 Subs---SI TM65v2 Midbass--- SI M3 mids--- SI M25 xbl2 tweeters ----- 2016 MECA street class 3rd place at world finals

09-05-2012, 04:11 PM	#10 (permalink)
Alstann Track Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: South Florida Posts: 882 Drives: 12 PW 370z 6MT Sport Rep Power: 15	I got 15k out of mine, and I was getting close to having a completely flat smooth tire. This was with many drag strip runs, aggressive driving, etc. Fronts had plenty of life left though, I could have easily kept them on until the next tire change for the rear. __________________ 2012 Pearl White 370Z GReddy Twin Turbo

09-01-2012, 11:52 AM	#2 (permalink)
enkei2k A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NYC Posts: 6,365 Drives: '12 G41 B/S M6 Rep Power: 3716	I'd say search around, but many people have posted that the OEM tires will last around 15k miles, give or take a few thousand miles depending on usage.

09-01-2012, 01:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
CSA0890 Base Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 174 Drives: 2011 Tour/Spt 7AT Rep Power: 14	My rears were showing wires at 16k. I was pretty rough on them with a few donuts and such. The fronts are still above 50% though.

09-01-2012, 04:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jsolo Track Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: chicago Posts: 783 Drives: '12 G37 6MT Rep Power: 15	15-20Kmiles is typical. Rapid deceleration accelerates tire wear too. Those conjugal visits do add up

09-02-2012, 12:50 AM	#5 (permalink)
280z/300zx Track Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Nevada Posts: 689 Drives: 280z, 300zx, Vette Rep Power: 272	At 17500 currently and probably only have another 2k miles left on them at most. If I do another auto-x, which I plan to do, it'll probably decrease that time. I drive aggressively and have done one auto-x event so far in these tires. No burnouts though, just hard launches.

09-02-2012, 01:37 AM	#7 (permalink)
roy'sz A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: palmdale, ca Posts: 1,299 Drives: 2010 nissan 370z Rep Power: 16	24k

09-30-2012, 01:37 PM	#11 (permalink)
Sagi Base Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Washington Posts: 61 Drives: '11 370z Touring Rep Power: 14	It seems like the rear wears out faster than the front tires.. so what do you guys do? do you replace only the rears first or replace all 4? I got my oil change the other day and the guys told me that my rear will need to be replaced soon.. it's at 18k miles...

09-30-2012, 04:47 PM	#12 (permalink)
Guavazo Base Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: ME Posts: 61 Drives: 10 370Z PG+Sport 6MT Rep Power: 15	18K miles sounds about right for average life. I believe you can just replace the rare and keep the front if it still got plenty of life.

10-01-2012, 12:52 PM	#13 (permalink)
370Z Purist A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Zion, Illinois Posts: 1,873 Drives: '09 370Z-T BS M6 Rep Power: 19	I'm at 13K and my rears are even with all the wear bars. A few launches, sure, but no burn outs or donuts or any kind of massive smoke generation. Fronts are maybe 20%. Close to one of the wear bars. I intend to run the piss out of my rears (until cord, basically) and then I'll run some ultrac sessanta's. I'm really looking forward to a grippy tire that has double the treadlife... __________________ -Phil "Since one of my brake light bulbs just went out, the forum told me that my piston rings are about to blow."

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