kenster96

Mort

Lots of guys have worn their rears in 4500 - 5000 miles of aggressive driving.

The Michelin PSS are great and very well liked by a lot of members. You can run what you mention but I think the rear are 265/35/R18 not 265/40/R18. You can also go upsize to 275/35/R18 on the rear. Michelin have a 15000 mile prorated warranty. Ask before you buy.

Another choice might be the Hankook V12 to save some $$$$.

Take it easy on that tire in the wet.

m a x i m u s

i think the rear aspect ratio of 40 would look a little too tall. and are you lowered? looks like your rear camber is off.

BerBer63

Yes its normal....you can reduce the toe in the back if you want to save tire at cost of some high speed stability

kenster96

thanks, however I'm not lowered, completely bone stock. I wasn't really paying attention to the camber that much but will check it out right now.

htoudiee

That looks a bit weird how the outter side of your tire has relatively a lot of life left and inside is gone!

I have had both V12 and PSS and would hands down go for PSS with a 275 in the rear. These cars are suffering from narrow factory tires.

solekeeper

switching to 275's in the rear should help get some more mileage out of the rears, correct me if i'm wrong?

balthaser

Please don't tell me those are exposed metal wires.....

_timothy

LOL murdered is the exact word i would describe on that rear tire

super sports are the defacto favorite on here. i am still using the oem continental 5p. i got 3k on the first set of rears and I have gotten 7k on this last set and they are about bald. my front:rear ratio is 3:1 right now

Z63amg

That tire wear is not normal! There is some other issues you got going on.

Jasonoff

Can you please explain why that's not normal?

Z63amg

Usually when a tire is not evenly wearing in the rear (if its rear wheel drive) it has to do with suspension issues. This can also lead to quicker wear on the tires. I know this from experience. I didn't believe it till I was on my second set and the suspension problem actually got worse to the point I could feel it myself. Now that was not on a MB product but a Ford GT.

Z63amg

But just to add I was told that by several different shops.

Jasonoff

That's completely normal wear for the OE alignment spec and hard driving.

This car has aggressive toe in out of the box and 2°+ of negative camber.

If you want to save some tire life you can dial out some of the toe.

xcharlesy

Is this what I need? Gonna get em to have on hand.

callmiro

You still got a lotta life left in those.....use these as a reference...FYI...you have some really uneven wear

Jasonoff

Those look like they were over inflated.

m a x i m u s

and remove some of the negative camber. i used to run zero camber in the rear on my racecar.

Jasonoff

It's not adjustable on this car. You'd need some aftermarket goodies for that.

m a x i m u s

maybe the OP could flop the tires to get some more wear out of them. but still, showing cords is never a great thing.

callmiro

I was kidding

BerBer63

You can adjust toe in the rear to neutral and camber. For camber you need to buy OEM adjustable camber bolts from the e/cls/sl models (search: camber bolts). You will need 2, they are about 50-60$ each if I remember correctly.

I kept factory aggressive settings, I still get over 10K +mi out of my rears which is over a year of driving for me.

m a x i m u s

i know. i do have a sense of humor. albeit a teeny tiny one.

Guilty

Just got a new set of Michelin PSS rear for $120 Michelin paid 84%!

m a x i m u s

i am partial to the bridgestone re11's. seems like most members here don't really care for them. i don't believe they come in 275/35, though, which may be part of the reason.