Factory Tires Worn Out Already????

[HausCobra]

I have 4,500 miles on my 2004 cobra and my rear tires are almost bald already. No track visits, and honestly have only spun them up 2 or 3 times. Is this common. What kind of miles did u guys get on your stock f1's. Is there anyway for me to get goodyearor ford to do anything about this. Should I just say screw it and go order some 315 nitto drags.

Thanks

 

[vipergts281]

Mine only lasted like 9,000 miles.

Just get new tires....and obviously not the same as stock.

 

[spree]

Mine have 11k miles and still have a bit of meat left on them.

 

[jshen]

12,000 on F1s

Having said that..I should have ditched them earlier. I went with BFG-kdws and love them. Much better handling on dry pavement and ten times the handling on wet surfaces. No tire noise at all and have much better tread wear life........

 

[Paul's_03SVT]

Mine are fine with almost 5000 miles. I get on mine everyday.

 

[04cobratorchred]

about 4,000 on mine and they look great. and i spin them every so offten.

 

[smokincobra04]

1,100 miles on mine. look ok to me. but they are some soft tires

 

[x14]

I have 4,500 miles on my 2004 cobra and my rear tires are almost bald already. No track visits, and honestly have only spun them up 2 or 3 times. Is this common. What kind of miles did u guys get on your stock f1's. Is there anyway for me to get goodyearor ford to do anything about this. Should I just say screw it and go order some 315 nitto drags.

You're not going to get anything out of Goodyear or Ford. They're just going to say that's normal tirewear. They're crappy tires anyways. I got rid of all 4 of mine when I got a flat.

 

[dru440]

mine have 11,000 be sure to rotate them and keep proper air in them and they should lost you about 18000 miles

 

[03DOHC]

I have 4,500 miles on my 2004 cobra and my rear tires are almost bald already. No track visits, and honestly have only spun them up 2 or 3 times.

I got 27,000 miles out of mine. You were either driving very aggressively or your alignment was way off.

 

[PDubs]

I got 27,000 miles out of mine. You were either driving very aggressively or your alignment was way off.

Agreed, as I got about 24k out of mine.

 

[ShelbyGuy]

leave the traction control on and see just how much you really were spinning your tires. just becuase they dont go ERRRRRR and kick the car sideways doesnt mean you werent spinning them.

its amazing how tire life is directly tied to the modulation of the right foot...

 

[gregs 03 cobra]

I have 20k on mine, rotated every 5k and still have some meat on them.

 

[addicted2boost]

My F1's won't see 6000 miles. When I got my car pullied at about 5200 miles, the F1's were getting close to the wear bars. Now that I can spin them all the way through 2nd gear, I know its time for some drag radials.

 

[TK Doom]

Now that I can spin them all the way through 2nd gear...

On an unrelated note, did your IRS brace get rid of (any) wheel hop that you had?

When you spin through 2nd gear is that at WOT, I know you have mods, thus more power, but I can't burn out for crap due to wheel hop.

I have 8k miles on stock F1's and they have lots of wear left.

 

[dougwg]

On an unrelated note, did your IRS brace get rid of (any) wheel hop that you had?

I'm sure it did not.

That is not what it's for.

 

[VENOM650R]

The F1s SUCK. I rotated at 6K and only got 10K out of them. Never spun them and never dragged. Those tires were loud and terrible in wet weather. I use the COBRA as a daily driver so I don't need drag radials. I got some Bridgestone Fuzion ZRi. Handle great, good in the wet, nice tread pattern, protective raised lip around edge of wheel and no road noise. Guaranteed for 40K miles. :burnout: No Goodyears on any of my cars.

 

[spinscan]

I have 13k on mine and still plenty of tread left. I have been to the track many times as well. My next tires are going to be MT drag radials.

 

[vipergts281]

The F1s SUCK. I rotated at 6K and only got 10K out of them. Never spun them and never dragged. Those tires were loud and terrible in wet weather. I use the COBRA as a daily driver so I don't need drag radials. I got some Bridgestone Fuzion ZRi. Handle great, good in the wet, nice tread pattern, protective raised lip around edge of wheel and no road noise. Guaranteed for 40K miles. :burnout: No Goodyears on any of my cars.

Same here, I hate Goodyear tires and would never buy them. Hated them on my Cobra and I hated the Gatorbacks on my old GT.

 

[foofinator]

LOL.. i smoked mine in about 2k or less. Normal driving. They wear pretty fast. :burnout:

heh..