7thgear

Hey guys!

I already searched but couldn't find anything.

I just wanted to know on average, how long will our stock tires last us? I know there are a ton of things that needs to take into consideration like driving habits and others. But on a normal day to day drive, how long will it last? I'm at 30,000 miles (normal driving, no racing) on my stock tires and I can tell there is a major loss of traction in snow and rain. Well, in the snow, I have NO traction at all. Trust me, I experienced that and rain, well, the car hydroplanes, but if it isn't bad, then I can still drive it. But I'm doing something very dumb and that is trying to make it through winter, or at least January, and then seeing about getting new tires.

EDIT: I have the Bridgestone Potenzas (215/45/ZR17)

locondcoco

mine came with the yokohama s32a's....

i just replaced mine at almost 37k. my front tires were down to the wear bar, and the rears had maybe a few more miles left on them. i personally did not want to try to get through the winter with those.

i believe low profiles do not last that long, plus the treadwear rating on the s32a's was like, 180. not sure if you have the potenzas.

PAL20G

yea i dont know...thats so weird you brought that up.... I have JUST about 30k on my TC.... I was checkin out my front tires and there is like NO thread left almost..... but im an a-hole since I never rotated my tires.... because the back ones have atleast 55% left.... not cool....

7thgear

haha, gotta rotate those tires bro.

bencott

yeah, i have about 40k on my stock potenzas, and the fronts are pretty close to cooked right now. i was faithful about rotating them up until the last one, so it's been a little over 10k miles since i did. i'll rotate them this weekend, and hopefully i can get another 5-10k out of them. incidentally, it's been raining pretty steadily the past couple days here, and the wet traction is still pretty good.

Whocares05050

my stockies lasted 11k miles. lol

I have 43k now and have gone through about 6 sets of tires. i rotate all the time, but i just love getting free tires from my dealership! haha

davedavetC

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my stockers lasted me about 40k maybe a little less, i do a lot of highway driving, i've had my car for 2 years and i have almost 64k miles

nauticac

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nauticac

Mine lasted about 20k....worst tires i've ever had on a car.

I swapped em for some nice toyo p4's.

bbuhr

free tires from the dealership?? enlighten me.

sciontC

Free tires? Impossible. I got 2 places opinions that the tires sucked ***** and for 13,000 miles shouldnt be so f-ed up, the dealer basicly says thats the way they are. So stocks coming off at 13,800ish now because I was told by both places they should be replaced (crooked wear and fails penny/quarter test) Maybe if your lucky you could squeeze them for one set but anymore than that you got the gift of perusasion.

LiquidFX

20,000 miles and need some new ones
race time to time at the dragstrip and lowered causing uneven ware

pb4ugoout

i just swapped out my rims and tires at 29300. never rotated my tires and my rears had plenty of tread left. the fronts were pretty well worn. guess i'll rotate the new ones.

tC2_thumper

wow, yall need to keep your tires in better condition, bridgestone tires TYPICALLY last 40-50k miles. rotate them every 6k miles (everyother oil change) and you should last about that long. no smoke shows haha .

tC2_thumper

also invest in a life time alignment. itll save you a bunch of money. its like 170$ but mad worth it. i cant get one cuze i work for firestone but it deffinantly saves tires. if you notice your tires are wearing unevenly get them aligned. also align it if you have lowered it because the camber is probably eating the tires quicker on the insides.

7thgear

According to penny/quarter trick, my tires fail at the 6/32" and the 4/32". My tires are now at 2/32" and that is considered legally worn out in most states. But I feel like I can can squeeze in about 1000 more miles on it, then time for some Toyo Proxes 4. We have low profile tires so technically, it should get worn down faster. Seems like between the 30,000 and 40,000 mile range is when our tires goes out.

Just make sure you rotate and get your car aligned if you lower your car.

chicotunner07

I have the yoko s32, great for stock tires, but at 24k, with rotation every 5k, the tires are pretty worn, cornering, and rainy day driving sucks *****!! i think with another rotation, i have about another 5k, then im off to some toyo proxes baby!!