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How many miles on stock dunlops? (GD3)

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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 08:20 PM
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How many miles on stock dunlops? (GD3)

so im at about 17k on my 2008 sport and the POS dunlops are about shot... just wondering how many miles others got on them after they bit the dust. Also note i did rotate every 5-6k miles and do spirited driving on occasion.... there was a short time the tires were over inflated due to inaccurate TP gauge....
 

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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 08:36 PM
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damn, at 30k i rotated them, and know at 62k and still rolling. i give them a couple more months before i have to replace them.
 

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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 08:37 PM
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i had mine for 9500 miles there was zero tread left when i got rid of them.. completely bald lol
 
Old Sep 1, 2009 | 09:07 PM
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lol um how to both of the above....
 
Old Sep 1, 2009 | 09:08 PM
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bad winter and one good track day lol
 
Old Sep 1, 2009 | 09:14 PM
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18,000 Dunlops are garbage. the treadwear rating is ridiculous
 
Old Sep 1, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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I now have 54k and still a lot of thread left. The thing is I have not rotated them on time. If I remember correctly the first rotation was done at 10k then at 30k.
 
Old Sep 2, 2009 | 12:26 AM
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odd... seems like the tires are inconsistant... i wont say im "nice" to them but im not doing constant burnouts... or any really, just a bit of hard cornering... i expected 25 atleast out of them...
 
Old Sep 2, 2009 | 05:31 AM
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i had mine for 38k miles then changed them out, but they still had at minimum another 7k miles of on them. a lot of it just depends on how you drive. i drove pretty smoothly on that set of tires. they saw no track days and very, very rarely got beat on.
 
Old Sep 2, 2009 | 02:40 PM
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Should be able to get 40-50K on a set of radials unless you're alignment is out or they're waaaay under inflated.

The Dunlops seem round and handle OK. The last Honda I bought new had goodyears. Besides being out-of-round (fight between Honda dealer and Goodyear dealer about how true the wheels should be: Honda won) they wore quickly, but even those had the bad manners of lasting 40K with tread left before I ripped them off.

If ride comfort and tread life are important, I'd get Michelins. If handling is your priority, I'm sure there are better choices.

I made the mistake once of putting on yokohamas. Jeez those things were square. And the tire dealer (discount tire) stripped multiple studs in the process with their "foolproof" torque sticks and told me Hondas had deficient engineering. At least they gave me my money back and paid to have the studs replaced.
 
Old Sep 2, 2009 | 03:27 PM
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these dunlops are really soft imo. mine lasted about 22k miles before they said screw you. wore them down to the chord x.x
 
Old Sep 3, 2009 | 10:42 PM
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28K of hard use and the fronts were as bald as Telly Savalas. They were good tires just awfully soft for an OE tire, I suppose there are worse things to have though...I'm at 44K on Nitto Neo-Gen and they are still going strong....
 
Old Sep 6, 2009 | 06:42 AM
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I'm at 31,000 and haven't quite reached the treadwear indicators yet. I'm ordering a set of snow tires in a month or so and will probably get some new all-seasons in the Spring. I've tried to keep the tire pressure at 44 psi on my Base GD3's tires. I missed a rotation, so the fronts are a bit more worn than the rear.
 
Old Sep 6, 2009 | 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Steve244
Should be able to get 40-50K on a set of radials unless you're alignment is out or they're waaaay under inflated.
The stock Dunlops on my Base carry the poorest treadwear rating I've ever seen on a passenger car tire.
 
Old Sep 6, 2009 | 10:34 AM
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Just changed mine out with 49,000 miles (90% highway) to Cooper CS4. I had just hit the wear bar on the Dunlops. The CS4's are great. Sticky in dry and wet, and they are extremely quiet even on grooved pavement at 80 mph. $92.00 each from Discount Tire Zone - Low prices on tires from From Falken, Bridgestone, Cooper, Fuzion, Nankang, Firestone, and Dayton
$40.00 installation and balancing and a $60 alignment from Lou at Main Street Garage and I am set to go.
 
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