Spare on SS S/C & Tire Wear
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Spare on SS S/C & Tire Wear
I got a screw in my tire and took off my wheel to get it repaired when I noticed the fronts were starting to show sign a rotation was needed. Side note, these have to be the lightest tire and wheel I have ever worked with. Even the 14" rims and tires on my Mazda pick-up weighed more! Anyways I got the tire patched and as I was rotating them I noticed the fronts are much more worn than the rears. See the pics. These tire have only 4,142 miles on them and I don't drive that hard.
I would not wait for the dealer to rotate at 6k miles like my service manager told me. I would go with 3k max.
Sorry the pics aren't that great. They were taken with my cell phone.
I did not drive my car with the spare on, and if I did I would have switched it to the back.
The Screw
Right Front vs. Right Rear
Right Front vs. Left Rear
Spare tire vs. SS S/C tire
Front of SS S/C with Spare
I would not wait for the dealer to rotate at 6k miles like my service manager told me. I would go with 3k max.
Sorry the pics aren't that great. They were taken with my cell phone.
I did not drive my car with the spare on, and if I did I would have switched it to the back.
The Screw
Right Front vs. Right Rear
Right Front vs. Left Rear
Spare tire vs. SS S/C tire
Front of SS S/C with Spare
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lightest rims youve ever worked on? lol did u have an suv before, the 18 inch rims/tires are absolute pigs! i wouldnt be surprised if the rims weighed at least 25lbs each
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Yeah the spare seems a bit small to use safely. I had the same wear, its getting cupped on the fronts. Just rotate em every 3K, thats what i have been doing.
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Originally Posted by beerbaron105
lightest rims youve ever worked on? lol did u have an suv before, the 18 inch rims/tires are absolute pigs! i wouldnt be surprised if the rims weighed at least 25lbs each
Here is my truck w/ the 14" rims. That was the last time I saw her.
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