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how many miles on your 1st set of tires?

Old Mar 27, 2001 | 12:16 AM
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I'm getting my rears changed this week (after my IC), and the truck just turned 16,000 in 5 months. i've never rotated them, so the fronts still have about 5/8 of the original tread on them.

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Old Mar 27, 2001 | 12:27 AM
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Jarrod, 33,000 miles!! I have 10,300 miles on mine and less than 5,000 to go...no burnouts...just quick jaunts...to and fro...I think all that Katy Freeway driving must do easy on the tires....there is no way..I will get over 15,000 on these...with no burnouts! Unreal...I used to work at a rubber company as a teenager...all I can say is to get 33,000 when I have a little over 10,000 has to equate to differences in compound quality???
 
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Old Mar 27, 2001 | 01:36 AM
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I have 21K on mine, and the rears are quite bald. I never did rotate them.. And I am thankful, the fronts still look real good.
Just waiting on either the tireman(svtperformance board), or stress to make me buy a new set.

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Old Mar 27, 2001 | 02:36 AM
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25k miles and counting. I hear Nitto and BF Goodwrench are coming out with more sizes in the 18" rims this summer. I think they can wait. Its gonna be tough deciding which way to go.

I dont think I could handle the ridicule from my friends if I worked at a rubber factory as a teenager.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2001 | 06:15 AM
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28000.

This was with regular rotation, of course.

I do have to say that the 'casing' rubber on these tires seems very durable; they wore down to about 3/32 above the 'wear bars' by about 16k miles and just stopped; weird, really.

This harder compound made for substantially less grip, especially for a 'spirited' launch at a traffic light; which of course equates to more wheelspin, which wears the tires faster...

And, in the rain, nearly worn out Eagle F1's are not your best choice... But then neither is 360hp!

Turns out, if you can't channel some water out from under a big fat tire, you just scoot right along the top. Not the best level of control on our horribly swaybacked Atlanta highways.

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Old Mar 27, 2001 | 08:48 AM
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I got 15K on mine with regular rotation. They probably would have lasted a little longer, but one of them leaked all the time. I had to suck it up and buy new ones.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2001 | 09:19 AM
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I've got 10,300 on mine and I fully expect to go at LEAST another 10k. This is with bi monthly visits to the dragstrip. I've also been known to light em up on occasion. I do rotate them every 5k.

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Old Mar 27, 2001 | 01:21 PM
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I think Sixpipes gets about 250 miles per set of rear tires
 
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Old Mar 27, 2001 | 01:26 PM
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I've got 19,400 on mine. May get another 2K.
I rotate them every 5000 mi. LA driving is tough on tire mileage, with constant stopping, starting, and crushing imports!

377 RWHP doesn't help.


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Old Mar 27, 2001 | 02:27 PM
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I got 23,300 out of the OEM F1's, with 7 or 8 trips to the track in there. Hoping to do better with the new Toyos.

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