changed my rear tires today
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changed my rear tires today
I thought i would be able to squeeze 6000 miles out of then,but the tread was getting pretty thin. I was driving my kid to college yesterday in a fairly heavy rain i am a very careful driver when the roads are wet. (never over the speed limit) it like we were losing adhesion every time we hit a puddle the rear end would shift from side to side. So i went today (5600 miles) and had some brand new bridgestone protenza pole position. The new tires were felt much more solid than the pzeros ever did. I got the work done at a local Big 10 Tire store, everybody loved the car and me a lot of questions. the owner said that the reason the tires wore out so fast was because of having a large negative camber. he told me that camber setup was only good for driving 80mph or faster. i told him it was perfect right where it was.
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I thought i would be able to squeeze 6000 miles out of then,but the tread was getting pretty thin. I was driving my kid to college yesterday in a fairly heavy rain i am a very careful driver when the roads are wet. (never over the speed limit) it like we were losing adhesion every time we hit a puddle the rear end would shift from side to side. So i went today (5600 miles) and had some brand new bridgestone protenza pole position. The new tires were felt much more solid than the pzeros ever did. I got the work done at a local Big 10 Tire store, everybody loved the car and me a lot of questions. the owner said that the reason the tires wore out so fast was because of having a large negative camber. he told me that camber setup was only good for driving 80mph or faster. i told him it was perfect right where it was.
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I thought i would be able to squeeze 6000 miles out of then,but the tread was getting pretty thin. I was driving my kid to college yesterday in a fairly heavy rain i am a very careful driver when the roads are wet. (never over the speed limit) it like we were losing adhesion every time we hit a puddle the rear end would shift from side to side. So i went today (5600 miles) and had some brand new bridgestone protenza pole position. The new tires were felt much more solid than the pzeros ever did. I got the work done at a local Big 10 Tire store, everybody loved the car and me a lot of questions. the owner said that the reason the tires wore out so fast was because of having a large negative camber. he told me that camber setup was only good for driving 80mph or faster. i told him it was perfect right where it was.
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great question. the tires cost a little over $500 from tire rack but install for both tires only cost $20. the manager at Big ten tires was practically drooling over my car so i think he gave me a break on mounting and balance and install
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For the record I made it to 5875 miles on my rears, which included a track day and some burn-outs to finish them off properly.
Put P Zeros back on to keep a matching set, but will move to something else after the new ones go away.
Put P Zeros back on to keep a matching set, but will move to something else after the new ones go away.
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i would highly recommend the bridgestone protnnze pole position i'm certain the tires are better than the pzeros in every aspect. I'm still running the pzeros on the front i figure to get about 4000- 5000 miles on them
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