Not always true with modern tires. Some tires for offroad have such stiff sidewalls that you might get the opposite effect. Other off road tires are so stiff that they will establish odd wear patterns if driven mostly on the street. But you can't be fashion correct unless you have a set of big mud tires that are so big that any one tire might support you whole truck or suv buy itself. Oh, and don't forget the three shocks per wheel, too. You know the ones that have so much extra capacity that they never get warm enough to move much and it blurrs your vision while you drive. Being pretty is sometimes painful.
How long did your brakes last?
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Not always true with modern tires. Some tires for offroad have such stiff sidewalls that you might get the opposite effect. Other off road tires are so stiff that they will establish odd wear patterns if driven mostly on the street. But you can't be fashion correct unless you have a set of big mud tires that are so big that any one tire might support you whole truck or suv buy itself. Oh, and don't forget the three shocks per wheel, too. You know the ones that have so much extra capacity that they never get warm enough to move much and it blurrs your vision while you drive. Being pretty is sometimes painful.
gizmopt2002 said:
Either you pay. Rather that be now or later.
Only way to wear down a tire is to burn rubber and/or brake hard.
By doing that - aside from just wearing down the tire - you are also using more gas and wearing down more brake pad. Not to mention extra unnecessary load on the engine.
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gizmopt2002 said:
From the R1 forums... sandpaper. :biggrin2:
32psi, I believe is the recommended by Toyota, probably the best for compromise between tire wear, mileage, noise, handling and comfort. 45psi, will probably wear out the center tread faster.
Under inflation will wear the edges out. Over inflation will wear the center out.
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gizmopt2002
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mmk, thanks for your responses.
I bought replacement pads at 30K, and found pleanty of material on the stock ones. The extra set of pads have been sitting in my garage for another 22K and may not need changing until the odometer reaches 90K miles.
On a different note, has anyone bleed their breaks? It seems like its not worth it at this point, but maybe at the 5 year mark I'll have all the pads changed out and system bleed. Your thought?
On a different note, has anyone bleed their breaks? It seems like its not worth it at this point, but maybe at the 5 year mark I'll have all the pads changed out and system bleed. Your thought?
