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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ALBundy" data-source="post: 278822" data-attributes="member: 15">Astroboy, I find your case rather peculiar instead. It doesn't matter how hard one accelerates in a RWD, the stress is always on the rear wheel tire since to move a car from stationary to X speed, there has to be some sort of acceleration, and hence more tire wear on the rear tires are inevitable (compared to the front wheels). And generally, the tire wear disparity between the front tires and rear tires is usually greater in a RWD vehicle, because whenever there is acceleration, the weight of the car shifts to the rear and the rear wheels do also provide the longitudinal force. In a FWD, when acceleration happens, the weight shifts to the rear but its the front tire thats providing the longitudinal force.  Try launching a FWD, in a carpark with some fine loose gravel and tell me which tire will wear off faster. As for excess cornering being a cause of wearing out tires faster, I disagree with that as well. I assumed you are talking about wear on the outer part of the tires(well at least that's what I have experienced) when one corners at high speeds all the time.  All that needs to be done is to get some camber adjustment plates and set the front camber to 1.5 degrees. Stock is around 0.8 to 1 degree and is more suitable to daily non-aggressive driving. That will ensure even tire wear and still, your rear will wear out faster.:burnout: Cheers:love: p/s GHS, what I do now is to use a softer compound for my tire to lessen the disparity.</blockquote>

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