Rear tires wear super fast

[Nick Stoner]

So 8 thousand miles ago I got new tires on my vehicle. I got Nankang N-25 all seasons on all 4. I do have a staggered set up 20x8 in the fronts and 20x10 in the rear. My car was aligned after I got these tires and rims put on. My car is also lowered on springs which was done before the alignment too. I do not understand why the rears are so bald so fast. I don’t track the car I don’t race the car I rarely floor it, once in a while I will to have fun by myself for not even a quarter mile and that’s it lol. Any help? Anyone else having issues with rear wear?

 

[Oryan]

RWD car. It's gonna happen. Also, I wouldn't call Nankang the most solidly built tire.

 

[Nick Stoner]

RWD car. It's gonna happen. Also, I wouldn't call Nankang the most solidly built tire.

I forgot to mention mine is AWD but I know it favors the rear in sport mode. I just ordered Yokohama advan sport AS so lets see if that helps

 

[MerlintheMad]

"40K mile warranty on W and Y-rated treads" NS-25 All-Season UHP • Nankang Tires You should get 20K miles out of the rear tires, not 8K. That's very poor, if your self-assessment is reasonably accurate (this is subjective, like braking: "I am EASY on my brakes; WTH!?" ). Your "once in a while" is somebody else's definition of a hooner. But I'm suspecting a mix here: still, less than half of what the warranty says needs some kind of prorating warranty on another set of rears (but you've already bailed, so that's not happening anyway).

 

[RogueIV]

Are you sure they aligned the car correctly? Unless you're drifting or constantly launching you shouldn't be going through tires that fast unless the toe is out of spec.

Just because a car drives straight doesn't mean the alignment is good.

 

[Deviate]

PSI??

 

[Nick Stoner]

Are you sure they aligned the car correctly? Unless you're drifting or constantly launching you shouldn't be going through tires that fast unless the toe is out of spec.

Just because a car drives straight doesn't mean the alignment is good.

Yeah I got it aligned and all I’m going to get it aligned again when I get my new tires on. I honestly don’t know how to drift lol and also I only did launch control 2 times when I first
Got my car lol. It’s just weird it’s this bad already. Like not even the inner part or outter it’s the whole thing.

PSI??

It was still wearing fast but recently I made all 4 35 PSI and it seemed like it got a little more worse after that. I have 245’s in the front and 275’s in the rear. Do I still go by what my door seal says? Because these aren’t the factory rims and tire set up.

 

[Deviate]

I would double check with whomever you picked the wheels up from.
(I know im gonna get crap for this)
I have a tendency to run 40 any time i upsize my wheels. Personally never had an issue. Most of the good vendors will give a decent recommendation on what you may want to run psi wise with whatever tire you've gone with and the car they are on. Think of it this way 10 psi in a monster truck tire is way different than 10psi in your tire

 

[Clearly Canadian]

I've noticed the same thing with the stock Michelin's driving aggressively primarily in sport mode.

I don't want to hijack this thread, but my question is: on AWD stingers, will driving aggressively in AWD (custom mode set to sport everything except AWD set to comfort) wear all four tires more evenly?

 

[Deviate]

I've noticed the same thing with the stock Michelin's driving aggressively primarily in sport mode.

I don't want to hijack this thread, but my question is: on AWD stingers, will driving aggressively in AWD (custom mode set to sport everything except AWD set to comfort) wear all four tires more evenly?

Aggressive driving is aggressive driving

 

[BadTrainDriver]

This is simple:

Lowering a car almost always increases camber. Camber, mixed with toe(positive toe in - think pigeon toed) in the rear for stability at speed equals rapid tire wear. Make the rear toe as close to zero as you can, make camber even side to side, and drive the car. If it feels unstable at speed, increase rear positive toe a 10th of a degree.

That will fix 90% of rapid rear tire wear.

 

[oddball]

The wear pattern looks *really* good. It's not that.

You just have a fun car that can deliver some decent power. Get used to it. I burned up my OE PS4 set in <5k.

 

[WRXtoStingerGT]

Yeah my rear tires are almost bald at less than 9500 miles... never had tires wear so fast... even when I was tracking/racing both my E36 and WRX. Oh well!

 

[StingertimeNC]

I have 4600 miles on my OE tires. Guessing I'll be ready for new ones around 6k. RWD and I have lots of fun.

 

[SFM]

The OE ContiSportContact 5 tires on my GT-Line with the staggered 19" wheels lasted 34,500 miles. I drive hard on corners and floor it every day since I got it almost two years ago. I only replaced all four tires because grip loss was getting noticeable in the rear tires as mine is RWD. The front tires had a lot of tread left, but all four tires were dry rotted, so I replaced them last week with the Michelin Pilot Sport 4.

 

[MerlintheMad]

The OE ContiSportContact 5 tires on my GT-Line with the staggered 19" wheels lasted 34,500 miles.

Inconceivable! (I do know what that word means.)

 

[Deviate]

Inconceivable! (I do know what that word means.)

As you wish

 

[SFM]

Inconceivable! (I do know what that word means.)

It might be because the 2.0T engine doesn't put that much power on the tires as the V6, or I'm somewhat lucky

 

[MerlintheMad]

It might be because the 2.0T engine doesn't put that much power on the tires as the V6, or I'm somewhat lucky

2.0L power is a good point; but seriously, three, four times the miles that most of the 3.3L crowd report? And sun baked and cracking to boot: amazing.