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Thread: Tire wear question
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03-11-2009 09:41 AM #1
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03-11-2009 01:14 PM #2
Re: Tire wear question
Look at the sidewall for the Treadwear figure. It's low compared to other tires.The reason being, its a soft tire - grips well on a dry surface. Tire compound is designed this way so the car can do its designed performance - take the 25 mph curve at 60 mph.
Plus, drive power is applied to the rear tires also. My OE tires lasted 12K miles, but only due to tire punctures, 5 in one year on one tire. These tires do pick up debris from the road again because of the soft/sticky compound.
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03-11-2009 02:56 PM #3
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03-11-2009 03:11 PM #4
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03-11-2009 06:51 PM #5
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03-12-2009 02:25 PM #6
Re: Tire wear question
Torque and weight transfer to rear tires upon acceleration, so significantly faster wear on rear tires is completely normal. Especially so on E46's, where you can't help but to accelerate quickly. Soft rubber on performance tires compounds the issue.
On front wheel drive cars, generally, the opposite is true (i.e. fronts wear faster than rear).
I wonder if tire wear patterns would be about equal on all fours if the car ran (in a lab setting) at a constant speed for 15K-20K miles?
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03-14-2009 07:23 PM #7
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