...and drinks gas to wash them down :fire: !
Anyone else have a similar "seemingly excessive" tire wear problem?
Bought the X in Nov. of '01
. Came equipped with basic Michelins. Aug. '02 i bought GY Forteras at Ford (cheaper than anywhere else, but $500+ nonetheless) . Loved the tires - looked good, performed well, but within a year, those were done for :thumbdwn: . Partly due to an alignment issue, but worn pretty badly everywhere on the tires.
Invested $300+ on a set of Kelly Safari AWRs in '03, some 18,000 miles ago. I still have a tiny alignment issue, possibly from a slightly bent frame, so there is some inner tire wear on a couple of the tires, not much though. I believe they're rated similarly to GYs in regards to treadwear. There seems to be NO tread left :fire:
I was at Dunn Tire (where i bought the Kelly's) yesterday to get a flat repaired and asked them about the seemingly excessive wear (minus the obvious inner wear b/c i know y that is). I think they said that there's about 6/32 left at common "good" points on all tires. I've got horrible traction in the snow. When i asked the tech if he thought it was excessive, he said it was normal and compared it to a pencil eraser...At first, it wears in chunks, but they would probably last another 10,000 miles on the 6/32 that's left. Meanwhile, i have NO traction in the snow when in 2wd.
I've got an OEM GY Wrangler RT/S on the spare with only emergency use, although it looks like crap from sitting under the truck for 9 Northeastern years - i think that is 27 in "southern/southwestern" years
. I am considering swapping the spare onto a good rim and buying a new GY to match, until i can afford the other 2. Unless anyone else has one (or more) they're getting rid of?
Bad luck or just the way it is?
Anyone else have a similar "seemingly excessive" tire wear problem?
Bought the X in Nov. of '01
. Came equipped with basic Michelins. Aug. '02 i bought GY Forteras at Ford (cheaper than anywhere else, but $500+ nonetheless) . Loved the tires - looked good, performed well, but within a year, those were done for :thumbdwn: . Partly due to an alignment issue, but worn pretty badly everywhere on the tires. Invested $300+ on a set of Kelly Safari AWRs in '03, some 18,000 miles ago. I still have a tiny alignment issue, possibly from a slightly bent frame, so there is some inner tire wear on a couple of the tires, not much though. I believe they're rated similarly to GYs in regards to treadwear. There seems to be NO tread left :fire:
I was at Dunn Tire (where i bought the Kelly's) yesterday to get a flat repaired and asked them about the seemingly excessive wear (minus the obvious inner wear b/c i know y that is). I think they said that there's about 6/32 left at common "good" points on all tires. I've got horrible traction in the snow. When i asked the tech if he thought it was excessive, he said it was normal and compared it to a pencil eraser...At first, it wears in chunks, but they would probably last another 10,000 miles on the 6/32 that's left. Meanwhile, i have NO traction in the snow when in 2wd.
I've got an OEM GY Wrangler RT/S on the spare with only emergency use, although it looks like crap from sitting under the truck for 9 Northeastern years - i think that is 27 in "southern/southwestern" years
. I am considering swapping the spare onto a good rim and buying a new GY to match, until i can afford the other 2. Unless anyone else has one (or more) they're getting rid of?Bad luck or just the way it is?
