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Old 10-23-2011, 07:23 AM
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Default 15,000 Miles Tires Warn out.

Factory bridgestones in the wear bars at 15,000 miles. Thought they would have lasted a lil longer then that. Going with some Hankook tires for my first replacements.
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if you haven't already, make sure to get an alignment! might be the cause of the early tire-wear
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i've ran plenty of tires with the tC and out of the 5 sets, I've found the best tires were Kumho ASX
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Definitely get that alignment check. Those tires should get you at least 30,000.

A $70 alignment could be the difference between dropping hundreds on new tires.
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x3.. I work for Bridgestone and I will gladly stick my neck out for our tires. You have a definite alignment issue or a serious case of heavy right foot.
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i replaced mine at 15k but i had a heavy right foot hahaha
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rotation every 5k would clear that issue up as well....
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Rotated every 5k miles with my oil changes, and got 42k miles out of the OEM Goodyear RS-A's. They even had a little more tread left, but I wanted new wheels.
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34k on my 2010's Goodyear RS-As. TRD springs since odometer had 600 miles. Plenty of tread left. But Awful tires.
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Just keep up on tire rotations every 5,000 miles and definitely an alignment check to get the most mileage out of the tires.
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And... this thread is done!
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Originally Posted by pyroman131
And... this thread is done!
Umm... buzzkill.
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IBTL?!
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2010 Scion XB RS 7.0 BBS 16" Wheels

Brand new car, with only 15,000 miles on the car total all put on by me, all tires are worn even, rotated every 5,000 miles. I do drive fast lol. But the tread didn't look that deep on the tires when i got them. They are just getting to the wear bars now maybe with close to 16,000. I will check on the brand of bridgestone. Also my scion is a stick shift so i do play a lil bit more. Lookin at hankook ventus v4
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Old 10-24-2011, 09:22 PM
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Odometer shows just over 54k on my xb2 and i just replaced my second set of goodyear rsa's, I dont know why I was dumb enough to buy a second set after the first wore out so fast, On a plus note, the cooper cs4's i had installed are a dream, road noise is down significantly and the ride is much smoother, I'd highly recommend them
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We got a little over 30K out of the factory rubber. The new Michelin's are treating us great so far.
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Old 10-27-2011, 12:52 PM
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just a heads up, most tires that come with the car are Q rated tires and will only last about 15-20k, i work for Tires Plus in Harrisburg as a mechanic and i've seen alot of these newer cars with lower then ave. miles needing all 4 tires. just recently we had a 2011 honda cr-v with just under 12k and all 4 tires looked like racing slicks
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the type of roads you drive on matters too doesn't it? I imagine older asphalt or concrete highways would cause tires to wear faster.
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Old 11-01-2011, 06:54 AM
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Went ahead and ordered my hankook's, gonna see how they do when i get them on there. Good tread, tires look good so i hope they do better.
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the RS-a's are complete ____. any stock tire nowadays at our price point is ____e
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