Do I need new tires?

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Dueller A/T Revos with about 41,000 miles. My alignment obviously caused poor wear, though I did not care much for the last 10,000 or so miles as the Revos began to cup (even with Rancho RS5000 shocks, different sway bars, and replaced front ball joints) before the alignment was an issue. I figured I would wear them as is and replace when I went for my 2010 inspection. Even with a proper alignment, though, I probably only would have gotten 5,000 or so more miles out of them.



I'm going with 265/70R16 Michelin LTX MS/2s, a slightly smaller tire than my current. However, the Revos rubbed on the front Addco sway bar and the back bed inner fender liners. I want something that will give me decent mileage, a silent highway ride (these Revos were hell from about 20,000 miles), and long life (60,000 warranty).



The Trac is sitting waiting for the shop to call and let me know the 4 tires have arrived. Don't want to take any more chances. :)
 
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Seeing that there is cord showing already, I doubt you could have gotten the additional 5k miles out of that tire. Good idea to change them now.



My OEM were Michelin, Replaced them with Toyo's at 70 something K and went back to Michelin's after about 65K on the Toyo's. I have about 162K on the Trac now and the tires look good except that I too have an alignment problem and the left front show some abnormal wear. I Rotated the tires front to back and gotta get it in for an alignment to save what I can.
 
Hey!! You might be on to something there...

"How to make a 60K mile tire go for 120K miles"



Now you just have to flip the tire around on the rim to use the other side... :supercool:
 
Yes, you need new tires and you need to have your frontend alignment checked as the phot clearly shows you have some very abnormal tire wear.



...Rich
 
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