Turnt up

How many miles did you get out of your tires for C7 Z51, and what's the best place to buy the Michelin pilot super sport zp run flats at the lowest price.

Richard Ames

Tire Rack or Discount Tires takes good equipment and a well trained installer to do RF tires. If you go with tire rack use their premium installer. Be sure they torque the lug nuts to 100 FT LBS. The franchise dealers are competitive and do a decent install.

Fastoldguy

23,300 Z51 Coupe. The fronts were 101% Gone! My rears still had 8 to 10k miles left.

After a Mini-Cooper, a C6 (and my C7) with Run Flats I am Not a Fan.

C7Joy

I bought Michelins from Tire Rack for my C6 at a good price. Haven't needed tires for the C7 yet, thankfully!

rcooper

I have 19,000 miles on my car and they are still good, base car. Discount tire has quoted me the best price. Just planning ahead

jovette

Where on the front tire was the most wear/which part of the tread was the worst? If inside of tire, you may have too much negative camber, for maximum tire mileage. Negative camber is good for the race track, but not for maximum tire life. I had four wheel alignment done early on my and 427 Vert., after replacing tires @ 13,000 miles on my C6 GS, due to negative camber.

JLargo

Do Z51 cars come with a different alignment than base C7s?

Fastoldguy

From everything I've read, the specs are the same.

Yes Sir, mine was down to the belts on the inside. The original owner complained to Chevy numerous times about the popping on tight turns. (I have the receipts where they checked the alignment.) Looking at the front-end everything (looks to be marked) from the factory. I haven't put a gauge on the Camber but it looks to be close (to my 427 Cobra replica that I set up) to .5 negative. I put Kumho tires on and my car drives and rides Much better than the Michelin RF's and much less tight radius/turn popping (or slipping).

hisvett

20K on my '15 Z51....like most my fronts only have a couple of thousand left at best, the rears a good 5k or more. I find that my autos do better with the rear tires than the manuals.

The wear on the fronts isn't quite as flat as I would like but not bad considering I never had the alignment check. As soon as I put some new shoes on my ride, I will roll the camber back to a Max of -.5; that number has worked well on the last two generations.

Hoonose

How quickly do these tires harden up and become squirrelly like my C5/6 did after a few years time?

jovette

Michelins seem to be much better than Goodyear, at not doing that, as quickly. Got my 427 in July 2012, have 20,000 miles on them and they are still sticky when warm, and look to have about another 10,000 miles left on them.

jcp911s

Mileage really depends on how the car is driven... obviously, highway miles are a lot easier on tires than track. Alignment is also a big factor... for high performance driving some additional camber is needed, but this leads to inside wear on the street....

There is really no perfect compromise.

That said, my 2016 Z51 with Mag shocks was incredibly flat on the track, I left the alignment at stock, and saw no undue wear... the Michelins are pretty impressive for a street tire.

i'm planning to do 4-5 track events this year, so I'll see how the tires hold up, but when I replace them, I'm going with a straight, non-runflat extreme performance tire... run-flats are legal BS IMHO.

I buy my tires from Tire Rack due to their selection, and have a local vendor (Discount Tire) install them... about $20/per... cheap, but make sure they torque the lug nuts properly.... some of these baboons use an air gun and way over-torque them.... bad news.

DickieDoo

If you have time and want to take a trip and do the tires at that same time, go to Corvettes of Carlisle. There is a big vendor there... "More than tires..." who stocks lots of sizes and can put them on for reasonable prices. There are probably a few vendors there and you can get competing pricing... good place to go see and shop...

L8ter

Not to hijack this thread, but I see a of lot people wear their front tires out before the rears. I've always had just the opposite experience on my previous M cars.
I do drive spirited, but I don't burn the tires.
I'm curious to see how these will wear.
Has anybody worn out their rear tires first, under normal, but spirited driving conditions?

jcp911s

Depends on driving style. On a high power car, the rears typically wear quicker in street driving because of the constant stop and go acceleration.

On the track, its a different story... most front-engined cars tend to understeer, hard braking uses the front tires harder, and the alignment that lets the car drive straight causes the tires to grind on the track.

MikeinAZ

One of the reasons for the 'popping' is the RF tire, once those are changed out there is more flex in the sidewall and that tends to be less noticeable. Its not the specs on the alignment.

owc6

I put almost 40,000 miles on the fronts, my rears are still going strong, at 43,000. It Surprised me.

I drive spiritedly, but don't burn rubber. I also get regular alignments. Street neutral.

Fastoldguy

Interesting. I'm familiar with the Ackermann Effect. I was wondering if Chevy had the radius off some (one wheel more/less than the sharpest turning radius) or if it was just because the width of the front tires.

What I'm puzzled about is the Inside tire wear (with only .5 Neg Camber and .1 Toe). My fronts looked almost identical as the picture posted in this thread.