Normal tire wear pattern?
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Safety Car
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From: Austin, TX
Normal tire wear pattern?
All,
Does the C5 have a characteristic tire wear pattern (front or rear) for completely stock (non-lowered with stock alignment) cars?
Thanks in advance for any responses....
Does the C5 have a characteristic tire wear pattern (front or rear) for completely stock (non-lowered with stock alignment) cars?
Thanks in advance for any responses....
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04
Re: Normal tire wear pattern? (PewterC5)
My car was lowered when it had less than 1000 miles on it.. I never had it aligned.. 43,000 miles and three years later I had 4/32 on the fronts, and 3/32 on the back.. alignment is critical to tire wear.. but as important as alignment is tire presure.. all I can say is when i lowered my car.. it brought the factory alignment more into spec.. as far as tire pressure.. I dont let my tires get over 29 psi when they are hot... weeks when the outside temps get into the 95 F area, road surfaces can get to 160 F.. this can increase tire presssure buy 6 or 7 psi. so a car set at 30 cold can get to 37 psi.. hot .. 37 is Not a good place for these run flats to be at.. most ppl who run their tires this way experience center tire wear.. When I took off my first set of EMT's they were 4/32 in the center tread as well as the outside tread.. same on the back... but 3/32.. I could have gotten 45,000 miles out of those tires
Le Mans Master
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From: Tucson AZ
Re: Normal tire wear pattern? (PewterC5)
To answer your question, C5s do seem to have a "wear pattern" that will show up on the fronts as heavy inside edge wear. Mine look really bad and I am dead on GM specs for alighnment. :( :bs
Melting Slicks
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From: Portland OR
Re: Normal tire wear pattern? (PewterC5)
Evil-Twin has a few good points there. I figure I lost $400-500 worth of tread life by following the GM recommended 30 psi cold because my centers wore out way faster than the edges. :(
Melting Slicks
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From: Rochester Hills Michigan
Re: Normal tire wear pattern? (carpe dm)
Got the same thing going on at 20k....is it worth altering the alignment specs? My right front is in bad shape.
To answer your question, C5s do seem to have a "wear pattern" that will show up on the fronts as heavy inside edge wear. Mine look really bad and I am dead on GM specs for alighnment. :( :bs
Safety Car
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From: Greenville NC
Re: Normal tire wear pattern? (PewterC5)
This seems to be the most common from what I've seen and heard: Rears wear in the middle and Fronts wear on the inside edges. I have a little over 30k on mine, I looks like my rears will go 35-40k and the fronts could last 50-60k
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Re: Normal tire wear pattern? (HOCKEY)
I hit 20,000 miles today and no wear at all.
Seriously though. I too have about 20 to 25 K on my Firestones and show no uneven or abnormal wear patterns. Haven't measured tread depth but still plenty o' tread groove on all four. I really try to keep a close eye on tread wear and get the alignment checked/set once a year. Gets expensive if I don't. :D
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From: Fontana CA
Re: Normal tire wear pattern? (Tx99FRC)
My fronts wore evenly with no unusual wear patterns. My rears wore in the center.
You guys are not having enough fun if you are getting 20K or 40k :eek: out of your tires mine were ready to be replaced at 15k and they were toast at 17k.
You guys are not having enough fun if you are getting 20K or 40k :eek: out of your tires mine were ready to be replaced at 15k and they were toast at 17k.
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Re: Normal tire wear pattern? (SoCal C5)
My fronts wore evenly with no unusual wear patterns. My rears wore in the center.
You guys are not having enough fun if you are getting 20K or 40k :eek: out of your tires mine were ready to be replaced at 15k and they were toast at 17k.
You guys are not having enough fun if you are getting 20K or 40k :eek: out of your tires mine were ready to be replaced at 15k and they were toast at 17k.