Tire Wear Survey

[Hrant]

Originally posted by nsxtasy:

(Hrant, you're bending over backwards trying to figure out a way to deny the results that quite a few people are reporting...)

Yo Ken, I already conceded on the initial 10 challenge ....... what else do want? Real blood .......... LOL!

Mark J, the rest of you please bail me out of this stacked or staged humiliation ............ LOLL!

But using the number of sets is really a better gauge and hopefully from these responses we might find some insight to pursue this discussion further .........

And I still want to see those eyes when I shake the hands of those claiming 12,000 miles on 40 psi .............

 

[Yellow Rose]

And I still want to see those eyes when I shake the hands of those claiming 12,000 miles on 40 PSI.

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Show me your right hand...I've gotten +10k from the rears several times. I have receipts from Discount Tire to back me.

 

[Hrant]

....I've gotten +10k from the rears several times. I have receipts from Discount Tire to back me.[/B]

At 40 psi and all 10,000 miles of it, and several times?!

I guess we are still in disbelief ......... but my right hand is inching forward .....

 

[Kinan]

Hrant,

Pleased to meetcha. I've got 16k+ on mine.

I just checked the pressure 35 front 37.5 rear. Its a little off as it was in the shop for the past 20 days, but it 40 psi now;-)

 

[johndoh]

Originally posted by Hrant:

How many miles have you had on the tires before alignment and after alignment?

Kind of late response, but I'm on my 3rd set of OEM A022 tires. First set lasted me 5500miles with uneven wear on the inside(could have gone 6k). Long story w/ 2nd set, but doesn't count. 3rd set was put on at 7500mi with alignment done day after. I'm currently at 16.5k miles(9k on current tires so far) and I probably still have about 2000-3000 miles left. Keep in mind that most of the driving on these current tires have been late fall through winter driving.

Driving habits are equal mix of city and highway driving w/ equal mix of "casual" and "spirited" driving. Air pressure checked every 2-3 weeks.

 

[sjs]

Originally posted by Kinan:
Hrant,

Pleased to meetcha. I've got 16k+ on mine.

I just checked the pressure 35 front 37.5 rear. Its a little off as it was in the shop for the past 20 days, but it 40 psi now;-)

OK, now I'm in disbelief! You have over 16,000 miles of actual road use on a single pair of genuine OEM A022H or RE010 rear tires? What kind of pavement do they have where you live?

(BTW, the above is particularly relevant given the built-in scrub of the OEM tires. Course concrete or even worse, old asphalt with all the surface tar cone and the stones showing through can eat our tires up much faster than something like fresh new pavement. Road surface and climate temperatures are also a factors as higher temps mean softer rubber and faster wear. Your survey (if I really cared about it

) would need to include all of these factors which can be even more important than the ones you are tracking.

 

[rcarlos]

I run 15/16 Yokos on a 91 spec. The three sets of rears have lasted 12,000km at which point they are beyond illegal and almost to the cord. The wear is even. The pressure is 40 PSI but I think because I don't check it often and have to add two pounds once or twice a year I might be running at less than ideal pressure. The NSX driving temps here range from 30 to 90 so chasing exact pressures is a chore.

 

[NSXTC]

Here's a shot of my last set of worn A022's on top of their replacements on the way to get mounted. I'd say the wear more to the inside (the wheels were facing up in this shot). Sorry this is such a big pic, but at least you can see the detail of how it got worn:

<img src=http://www.nsxhelp.com/other/HighRes/OldA022s.jpg>


[This message has been edited by NSXTC (edited 01 March 2002).]

 

[Kinan]

I have a hard time believing it too but the numbers don't lie.
I bought the car with the tires already on, I have the alignment sheet with mileage, I know what mileage the car had on it when I bought it. I read my odo now. I try to keep the pressure up but the rr has a slow bead leak due to the chrome wheels.
Its funny but this doesn't seem to have affected the wear a bit. Both tires wear the same.
Unless someone else has put tires on my car, this is my story and I'm sticking with it.

They ARE Yokos A022, they have been on my car for 16,100 miles.

I think your argument about pavement type is very relevant here. Most of this mileage has been on very smooth roads; smooth concrete freeways, smooth asphalt suburban streets w/few potholes and generally in in traffic where is is harder to cut loose and scrub.
As they say, YMMV.

 

[sjs]

Originally posted by Kinan:
I have a hard time believing it too but the numbers don't lie.
I bought the car with the tires already on, I have the alignment sheet with mileage, I know what mileage the car had on it when I bought it. I read my odo now. I try to keep the pressure up but the rr has a slow bead leak due to the chrome wheels.
Its funny but this doesn't seem to have affected the wear a bit. Both tires wear the same.
Unless someone else has put tires on my car, this is my story and I'm sticking with it.

They ARE Yokos A022, they have been on my car for 16,100 miles.

I think your argument about pavement type is very relevant here. Most of this mileage has been on very smooth roads; smooth concrete freeways, smooth asphalt suburban streets w/few potholes and generally in in traffic where is is harder to cut loose and scrub.
As they say, YMMV.

Potholes don't matter much, but smooth pavement does (I don't mean free of bumps and seams, but smooth as in non-abrasive) because the OEM tires are always scrubbing by design. Perhaps your alignment is very upright and straight ahead? (zero toe-in and camber)

Lots of rainy days would help too, but you aren't in Seattle.

 

[nsxtasy]

Originally posted by sjs:
smooth pavement

You know what they say: "People who live in glass houses... have glass garages and glass driveways and their tires last forever."