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Originally Posted by oscargarza88
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Originally Posted by RC45
Dude - stop whining.
You didnt pay for your car.. it is a modded WRX STi - it has soft tyres, you beat the piss out of the tyres and now you want to nickle and dime about the replacement?
Grow some balls and just admit you abused the car a little and that 8000 miles for a modded 4WD car with agressive alignment and soft tyres is good mileage and move on.
In fact, if you try screw Subaru over I will show them the video of you "abusing" the tyres at an autox before the car was 1000 miles old.. 
So just be a man, buy new tyres and move on. |
Im not whining.
If it would be just because of my driving i woundnt have said a thing, if they would have been worn equally then i woudnt have anything to complain about and i would have bought new tires no problem at all... but this is not the case and i dont want this to happen again so i want to see what they can do to avoid this again in the future.
and RC, i did admit i abused the car, who woudnt, what is the car for? but abused or not abused this is not normal, or am i wrong?
Oh and why would i want to screw subaru over...
ah and um... my car is not modded (besides the intake which doesnt really make the car "faster"), and when i took it to the auto-x it has 1200 miles
and yes i know these tires will last me 5-10k miles more anywyas so might as well get all 4.
And also this is the first time i have to replace tires ever so i dont really knew what to expect, milage wise. |
the left rear probably has a higher level of slip than the right which is why it's wearing so much faster. The right side is probably not that far behind.
Alignment in the rear, being so far negative cambered, is going to cause that wear pattern consistently, no matter what tires you get. and as long as the inside shoulders are wearing like that, you will continure to wear out strips such as this. Maybe the nylon cords wont come off the way this one did, but you will be showing cords around 10-15K depending on your typical driving style and traction rating of your tires. I see 3 series sport packages eat tires every 15-20, and those are Michelin Pilot Sport 245/40ZR17's.
Just remember that the more expensive your tire, the softer compund you are going to get and the faster you will wear out that strip.
You don't HAVE to put the same type of tire back on the car. You could just as easily go with a Pirelli, Continental, or Michelin. BUt if you have modded the suspension (not familiar with what you've done) and it's changed the alignment angle, have them dial out some of that camber and it should save you a couple thousand miles on the tires.
Welcome to the world of sports cars.
I just noticed your aligment print out and yes, the numbers are off, but your camber shows to be in spec, and that's the one i'm looking at to explain your wear pattern.
the bottom spec in the rear portion of that sheet is your toe. This comes more into play in turns than anything. But looking at those numbers, plus the one in the middle of that, i'm guessing your steering wheel is pointed to the right while you're driving straight
i would have the dealer double check this though. Firestone may not have the right specs dialed in. you haven't slid into anything with the left side of the car have you? I'm looking at your rear toe (-0.80 and 0.18) and wondering how the fuck the rear could be that far off without anything being bent or damaged.