Tyre Life
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Tyre Life
Folks,
I just bought my RX-8 on Wednesday. It was a demo vehicle. Just wondering what the standard life of the tyres are for the car. It's currently fitted with the standard factory tyres.
Cheers.
I just bought my RX-8 on Wednesday. It was a demo vehicle. Just wondering what the standard life of the tyres are for the car. It's currently fitted with the standard factory tyres.
Cheers.
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Exceedingly dependent on driving style and care of the tire. Low or high pressures can cause excessive wear. Most of the US and UK magazines with RX-8s in their long-term test fleets seem to be getting around 18-24K miles on them.
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Just got over 30,000 miles on the factory Dunlops. Rotated every 5,000 miles and pressure checked regularly @ 32 psi. Had picked up a pretty big nail so I went ahead and replaced them. Probably could have gotten another 2,000 out of them.
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With the OEM Bridgestones, I can very happily say that after 17K miles and four track days, I was able to take them off today by putting on my winter tires and wheels. Oh happy day, the car actually is so much quieter and so much easier to drive (it doesn't track any crack in the road) that I am actually happy for the winter. (what the heck did I just write??)
Anyway, after about 17K on them they look like they have 4 to 6 K left on them before the wear bars are even...remember that this includes 4 track days.
Sounds like people are getting 18 to 26K on the OEM bridgestones.
Anyway, after about 17K on them they look like they have 4 to 6 K left on them before the wear bars are even...remember that this includes 4 track days.
Sounds like people are getting 18 to 26K on the OEM bridgestones.
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I was also wondering what kind of mileage people were getting out of the stock tires. Everyone else seems to have much higher numbers than me.
I've had my car for one year and only have 7500 miles on it. My stock Bridgestone rears are just about at the wear indicators, and the fronts aren't too far off. I probably do have about 3000 miles worth of mountain runs on the tires, though.
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Originally Posted by Low Fly'n 8
Just got over 30,000 miles on the factory Dunlops. Rotated every 5,000 miles and pressure checked regularly @ 32 psi.
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i got just shy of 21k on the stock Dunlops. That was no track days, no autocross, no mountain runs. Just the daily grind. I didn't even try to spin them until they were a day from being replaced.
My KDW 2's, have about 16k on them, and they are toast. Add a bunch of track time, and autocross, and the life expectancy gets cut dramatically. So it is all how you treat them.
My KDW 2's, have about 16k on them, and they are toast. Add a bunch of track time, and autocross, and the life expectancy gets cut dramatically. So it is all how you treat them.
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