Tire Mileage Question
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Melting Slicks
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Tire Mileage Question
What kind of mileage are you getting out of a set of tires? I've done a lot of searches and still haven't gotten this question answered.
Please specify what brand you are referring to. I realize how a person drives does make a difference.
One person claimed to have gotten 60k out of a set of Nitto's; anyone else get this or close to it? Another person said they only got 10k.
Please specify what brand you are referring to. I realize how a person drives does make a difference.
One person claimed to have gotten 60k out of a set of Nitto's; anyone else get this or close to it? Another person said they only got 10k.
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Originally Posted by Armadillo
Don't think there is "an answer" to this. Too much variation in the way we drive our Vettes.
Not really sure what you're going to get out of this.
You're going to get about 30 different kinds of tires, each of which have been put under incredibly different circumstances.
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I don't think you're going to get a definitive answer to this question either. There have been any number of threads on this topic here in the past and the numbers have been all over the place. I've seen threads where some people have reported getting less than 10k miles out of the exact same tires on which others have reported getting 40K+ miles. 
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Originally Posted by NetBob928
One person claimed to have gotten 60k out of a set of Nitto's; anyone else get this or close to it?
Running NITTO 555's and I have over 40K on the tires and they still look great... The rear tires look like they could easily go 60K!!
I got lazy and didn't keep track of the fronts and just recently noticed there was uneven wear towards the inside... I'm guessing the fronts will have to be replaced in about 10K
Good luck with your choice....
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Melting Slicks
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Thanks for the replies. I have one more question regarding tire pressure in the Nitto's. The fronts have a rating of 44 max psi and the rears hava a max of 50 psi.
What is the best pressure to run these tires for everyday driving.
Thanks again
What is the best pressure to run these tires for everyday driving.
Thanks again
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On my original set of Goodyear runflats, I got 15K out of the rear tires and the fronts still had about 3/4 thread left. And, that was without a lot of hard driving on them.
