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Tire Wear

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Which tires wear faster on these vehicles? Typically they say its the driven wheels, and in a FWD biased AWD system its obviously the front wheels since they also handle all the stress associated with turning. However, I am wondering since these are RWD biased do you think that means the rear tires wear faster?

I ask because I just noticed my rear tires are way more worn than the fronts and I just had them replaced 6 months ago, I've been in for a couple oil changes and it makes me think maybe they have not been rotating the tires on my vehicle. Fronts currently have 6/32 and the rears are somehow at 3/32 for having 6 month old tires. I do launch and drive hard so I wonder if I should rotate the fronts to the rear?
 

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Proper tire rotation done often enough will keep tire wear even. I have mine rotated at 5000 mile intervals.
 

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I have horrible wear on my tires., I have a 2020 w/ 21" OEM rims. I was buying the Scorpions they came with, but now looking for something else. I have needed to buy a set every year. I have them rotated every 5k. I just dont understand why they are wearing so fast. Anyone else have this issue?
 

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The obvious question here is what does the alignment look like?
 

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That was my original worry, I have had it tested twice. All three sets of tires had even wear as well. Also forgot to mention my last pair were Michelin Piolet Sport 4 SUV tires. So two sets of Scorpions and one of the Michelin. Im about to buy my 4th and dont know what to go with.
 

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Wagner1539 said:
That was my original worry, I have had it tested twice. All three sets of tires had even wear as well. Also forgot to mention my last pair were Michelin Piolet Sport 4 SUV tires. So two sets of Scorpions and one of the Michelin. Im about to buy my 4th and dont know what to go with.
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My Scorpions were fine until 41,000 miles and replaced them with Falken Ziex CT60 so far so good. I've just had bad luck with nails/screws puncturing them. 3 of the Pirelli's had flats and in less than 2 months one of my new Falkens had one luckily patched.
 

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I've aligned a thousand vehicles over the years but for me to make an educated guess, I'd like to see a copy of the alignment/alignment check printout and I'd like to know both the inflation pressure run and rotation intervals.

I guess it goes without saying, that it isn't hard to wear out a set of tires in short order when aggressively driven. High-performance tires are often a softer rubber compound and typically have a shorter lifespan as well.

I don't know how many miles you put on it in a months' time but it is certainly unusual for someone to go through a set of tires in a year under normal driving conditions.
 

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I have 41k on the original Pirelli's. The front has much more tread than the rear.
I am replacing the rears with the Accelera Iota 68 tires. I've seen good reviews for a budget tire.
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hbalek said:
My Scorpions were fine until 41,000 miles and replaced them with Falken Ziex CT60 so far so good. I've just had bad luck with nails/screws puncturing them. 3 of the Pirelli's had flats and in less than 2 months one of my new Falkens had one luckily patched.
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3 months ago, I put Falken Azenis FK460s on and just recently had to repair both back tires from nail punctures. Must be the area we live in cuz I just road drive, no off road.
 

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Suprawill1 said:
3 months ago, I put Falken Azenis FK460s on and just recently had to repair both back tires from nail punctures. Must be the area we live in cuz I just road drive, no off road.
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Bad luck for me with tires in my area. Also it kinda makes sense the wider the tread the more chance of hitting a nail or screw.
 

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Bad luck for me with tires in my area. Also it kinda makes sense the wider the tread the more chance of hitting a nail or screw.
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Makes sense although both my punctures were almost dead center of the width. I was getting a slow leak fixed when the tech apprised me of the second tire.
 

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hbalek said:
Bad luck for me with tires in my area. Also it kinda makes sense the wider the tread the more chance of hitting a nail or screw.
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Have you had the CT60s in the rain yet? I wonder how they are in the snow as well.
 

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Have you had the CT60s in the rain yet? I wonder how they are in the snow as well.
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Rain yes not snow. They seem good in the rain better than the OEM tires.
 

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I'm not on Facebook.
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Whoops! That's crazy, I was just talking to somebody on FB about these tires, and he was saying the exact same thing.

My tires were delivered yesterday, I noticed that the tire says CT60a on it. I wonder if there is any difference.
 

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Whoops! That's crazy, I was just talking to somebody on FB about these tires, and he was saying the exact same thing.

My tires were delivered yesterday, I noticed that the tire says CT60a on it. I wonder if there is any difference.
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I got mine from Simple Tire who had the best price on Ebay auto. I paid $971 installed for 4 of them. They were installed by my local Mr. Tire.
 

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I got mine from Simple Tire who had the best price on Ebay auto. I paid $971 installed for 4 of them. They were installed by my local Mr. Tire.
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What size?
 

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