Tire question

Hello everyone,

I have a 2000 Tiburon and have not had one bit of trouble except for tire wear. I have 70,000 miles and I am on my 8th set of tires. The car is perfectly alligned and I am not *rough* on my car by any means. It can get pretty expensive buying the 195/55 r15 every 10 months or so, are there any other tire sized that will fit? I had read somewhere that 205/50R15 would fit but I wanted to check and see if anyone has tried that or not, not that they would be much cheaper. Any help would be appreciated.

it always helps to buy good tires instead of those cheap junk yard tires just messin with you. if you were getting them balanced i dont know. i'll try and find something out from my car guy or tire guy if i see them

it always helps to buy good tires instead of those cheap junk yard tires just messin with you. if you were getting them balanced i dont know. i'll try and find something out from my car guy or tire guy if i see them

Let me know if you find something out. I have had Michelin XGT, Yokohama Avid t4's, Yokohama AES (Maybe?), and another one that escapes me right now, maybe a cooper?

Thanks for any help.

get your ball joints, bushing, and tie rod ends checked if they are worn out a bit the tires will wobble back and forth or side to side and that will kill your tires i'll try to find more out this week

bigtdawg is right, that will be hell on your tires if they are worn. I had a broken a arm on my old car and i just tore the shit out of my tires. actually the guy at the tire place wouldnt put new tires on till i got it fixed b/c he said i would be back in in a few months needing new tires.

how are the tires wearing?

how are the tires wearing?

The tires wear perfectly even across all four tires every time. I have only had one wear unevenly out of some 28-32 tires.

sorry it took so long to reply i've been working late i can get my headers now if the tires are wearing perfectly even i dont know did you just look at them? if so rub your hand over them feel for cupping take a tire off and look to see if there is more wear along the edge of one of the channles. make sure you give it a real good inspection

Seems to me that a smaller diameter tire will wear faster then a larger one. 15's would take more revoloutions than 17's to cover the same distance. Think about it. I could be wrong but the math is right...

very true rickna but hes on his 8th set in 70,000 that seems like alot i'm sure he isnt buying 9000 mile tires i still say take it into a trustworthy shop and have everything looked at

I see he has R speed rated (harder rubber-longer tread life), even if he has Z speed rated they shouldn't wear that fast. Either something is very wrong or these tire guys are rippin him off, IMO.