I'm about to pick up a set of tires and I came across these.. Just one question. Under UTQG: 140 A A, it says the "Tread-wear" is 140.. how does that stand against a tire with 400 A A? wear quicker/slower?

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes

 

That is an aggressive, and fast wearing tire.
400 is more along the lines of a 30k+ touring tire.
140 is a 15k tire max (in my experience)

 

I just had Hankook Ventus S1 noble2 Size: 245/45ZR18 installed by the Nissan Dealer, they have a ware rating of 500 AA A. The dealer price was $184 each, which is within a few dollars of TireRack + shipping. In addition the dealer had a $200 discount on 4 tires. You might check with your dealer to see what he has to offer. These should be a lot better than the OEM RSA's.

 

Hankook are junk for mileage.

 

I just put on a set of Cooper Zeon RS3-A for $670 mounted , balanced and road hazard at Pep Boys.
http://us.coopertire.com/Tires/Perfo...EON-RS3-A.aspx

 

I had Cooper RS3-S (summer) tires on my M3 and didn't like them. Didn't have the grip I thought they would.

 

I got some Hankook Ventus' last Sept. The bastards are down to 5mm on the front already, I have barely done 8K miles in them!

The side wall had a bubble on one of the front tires, spoke to Hankook, as they were under 7mm they wouldn't replace it.

In short f**k Hankook, I'll never buy their tires again.

 

Couldn't have said this better myself.

 

If it ain't Michelin Pilot A/S Sport Plus your missing out. At 30k still have more than 60% left,
All highway miles though!

 

I pulled the trigger... They are awesome!! Like driving a totally different car. The way I see it is, I needed new tires asap because I destroyed 2 tires in a pothole. Tire rack had them for $200 off per tire. I figured I'll never buy $350 performance tires, so why not take advantage and see how they feel? Yeah they'll last me maybe a year, but this will be a very fun summer.

 

Being that these tires wear out faster than other tires.. what would a safe PSI be for a daily driver with some spirited driving? I want them to last as long as possible obviously, but don't want to sacrifice performance. Hankooks website says 90% of the max PSI, (in this case max is 51 psi) but I don't know if that's just generic for their regular tires. I would assume these are a different case. I tried calling them but hold times are too long.

thanks

 

34-36psi is what I would run, but not over 40.

 

Yeah that's what Hankook just told me... Sounds strange. its so far from 51 psi... Wouldnt they wear slower with higher psi?

 

No. They will wear slowest with the proper pressure in the tire to make the tread sit flat on the road with a uniform pressure under the tread. If its over inflated, you will be riding solely on the center of the tread and wear out the center. If you're under inflated, you'll ride on the outsides of the tread and wear out the sides. With proper inflation, you'll be riding on the full tread and it will wear evenly.

 

Understood... Thanks all

 

understood, thanks everyone

 

one more thing i forgot to mention... I went to set all tires at 33psi.. every tire had a different pressure ranging from 33-40psi (cold, psi taken after parked for 8 hours). Now that they are all set, the car pulls left @ 60mph.. my question is, if he did the alignment with the tires psi all over the place, is it supposed to effect the alignment once the tires are set correct psi all around?

 

Tire pressure will make the car pull but only 5-6 psi won't make much difference. Alignment is most likely off.

 

Agree with Racerbox77. But whether it was due to varying psi or alignment problems, you are going to have to get the car realigned. The steering wheel pulling to one side will drive anyone nuts on any kind of extended trip.

As to psi, I measure and record the tread depth on each groove across the face of my tires every three months. If the tires are wearing fastest in the center groove area, I lower the psi slightly. If the wear is greater in the grooves along the edges of the tires, I raise the psi slightly.

The areas of the tire wearing fastest will vary by driving style and type of driving being done. I have found that, for my driving conditions and style, I get even tire wear with 37 psi in front and 35 psi in the rear. That variation is a result of less weight in the rear of the car requiring less pressure to maintain a good, even profile of the tread face with the road.

This sounds like a lot of effort, but I am now at 44K miles with my original RS-As on my '09 Maxima, and there is still 5/32nds of tread left. A new RS-A has 10/32nds of tread, and tires should be replaced when tread depth drops below 2/32nds. I usually replace at 3/32nds, sometimes even at 4/32nds, because running with only 2/32nds of tread increases risk of hydroplaning.