I noticed the odd wear on the RT660s after a day of auto-x and I wanted to double check to see if anyone else experienced this on their car, or if it’s just a freak thing on my end. I’ve e-mailed Falken and Tirerack already to hopefully get some technical insight.
The course ran a clockwise loop, so this wear is only on the driver side, but almost entirely on the front and a little on the back.
The wear on the main tread blocks looks like a lot of little horizontal cuttings/splits. That mostly went away with normal driving afterwards, however there are areas on the shoulder wear that looks like tearing/pitting and then in one instance it looks like a split in the rubber a bit. Images below. The day started out cold and rainy and I noticed this wear occurring on the last two runs of the day which happened when the tires were warmest and the course was dry. No one else I spoke with had similar wear
Tire size: 215/45R16
Pressures run at the time of this photo: F38 R30
Camber is about -1.5 each side
The course ran a clockwise loop, so this wear is only on the driver side, but almost entirely on the front and a little on the back.
The wear on the main tread blocks looks like a lot of little horizontal cuttings/splits. That mostly went away with normal driving afterwards, however there are areas on the shoulder wear that looks like tearing/pitting and then in one instance it looks like a split in the rubber a bit. Images below. The day started out cold and rainy and I noticed this wear occurring on the last two runs of the day which happened when the tires were warmest and the course was dry. No one else I spoke with had similar wear
Tire size: 215/45R16
Pressures run at the time of this photo: F38 R30
Camber is about -1.5 each side
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