racehorse

What kind of tire mileage are you getting on your C6? What tire brand gets the best mileage?

BWF07

Not Goodyear Runcrap that is for sure. I just put Michelin Pilot Super Sports on my '07. I looked at Nito's and Bridgestone as there are not a lot out there in the 325/30/19 size. After reading different reviews I narrowed it down to the Michelin's or Bridgestone and went with the Michelin's because they were in stock and the Bridgestone's would be a week before they were available.

If you have a base model, you have a much wider range of manufacturers as well as price range.

Jimini

I got 25000 off of my goodyear F1 supercar tires.

Dano523

All depends on how you use the car,

If you are running a comp tire, then short tire life since it was designed with softer rubber to grip the road better, while all season tire will last a lot longer, since it was designed with harder rubber to get bite in snow/not hydro-plain when the roads are wet.

Simply, if you are running a comp tire aggressively, then it comes down to the tread wear warranty that is going to save you/get you X amount of mileage out of the purchase price instead. On the super sport tires, the fronts are threadlife warrantied for 30K, while the back are threadlife warranted for 15K instead. Other tires like the Nitto may grip as well, but if you are pushing them, then may end up speeding more money on tires since Nitto does not have a treadlife warrenty on there comp tires.


Lastly the alignment on the car really is the deciding factor on tire life. Some of the corvettes come with more of a race alignment instead of a street alignment, which can cause the edges of the tires to wear out faster instead. If all your going to do is drive the car on the street, then have the alignment checked/changed to a street alignment. So on that note, print out the below link to hand to the tech to align the car per the street specs.

Also to note, the steering wheel has a position sensor in it to tell when the wheel is centered/straight, so when the tech is aligning the car, make sure that he plugs into the ECU to confirm that the wheel is straight as he is aligning/setting the front tie rod ends on the car.

http://www.pfadtracing.com/docs/camb...t-settings.pdf

wrh3

My GY F1 tires lasted ~8k miles, they were replaced with Michelin SS which should at least double that. Not a lot of choices in Grand Sport sizes but I'm happy with the Michelins so far, much better than the GY in all respects. Also had the car aligned to Pfadt street specs when the tires were replaced.

MikeERWNC

I got just over 30K on Michelin AS ZP...
DD My driving usually has me driving between 60-75mph on highways.
The rears were down to the wear bars the fronts had about 60% left.
Took me almost a year to do it.
I am loving the second set.
My dealer hooked up my alignment.

Redvette_22

My 2009 Base A6 Coupe had 40, xxx miles on it when I had the replace the OEM Goodyears and they had tread on them but they were separating and the pro rate was more then Michelins. This car had a "street" alignment very early in it's life and I attribute the life to that. I just bought a 2011 GS one owner with 3012 miles on it and the front tires are worn down to 5/32" with an alignment "within specs" but I just had the same shop do a "street alignment" on it and Goodyear is helping me with the front tires, although it's not much and I'm not sure if actually the store or corporate that is helping me.

KayJay

Have 23000+ miles on the original tires of my 2010 C6. Still plenty of tread life and regularly drive the car in temperatures as low as 25 degrees without any problems. Will most likely go for RF all seasons when new tires are needed.

Rocketmanwpb

My OEM installed Goodyears went 32,996. My Michelins are currently at 55+K with a few more to go.

racehorse

What kind of experience have you had with hard tops on c6 verts?

JAvery20

I dont have a ton of c6 experience, but my c5 had similar tires. I got about 50k out of my BFG KDW2's. I put a set on my c6, I wouldn't think you would see much difference between the 2 gens.

My runflats on both my parents corvette and mine needed replacing at 30k.

Supercrewbear

I'm on my 3rd set of tires on my '10 GS. The 1st set (the GY run-craps - that's an accurate description) lasted approximately 9,800 miles. My 2nd set was the General Exclaims that are no longer made. I watched them closely (pressure and balance plus alignment) and put about 33,000 miles on those - I could have gotten another couple thousand on them but went ahead and put on some new Michelin non-runflat Pilot Sports about a month or so ago. The non-runflat tires seem to be a lot quieter and smoother riding if you're willing to take a chance on flats and such - I had not one problem with the Generals and would have bought another set if they'd been available...

Tide Will Roll!

Got 34,000 or so out of the Michelin AS Plus Run Flats.
Replacing those with Hankook Ventus V-12 Evo Non Run Flats next week.

danl23188

I have 26000 on Michelin PS2s and have maybe another 2 to 5 thousand to go before replacement.

Cratchet

Made it 26K on my original Good years. Non GS.
Now on Michelin AS plus run flats. Expecting around 30K or above on them.