Rear tires wear faster than front
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Rear tires wear faster than front
I feel like this is a dumb question but I have a 09 G37x sedan...I haven't found much about the awd on our cars but I found in another forum that there not FULLTIME AWD? Moral of the story I had to replace my rears because they were practically slicks...but fronts still have a little bit of life left, will I be fine and not damage the AWD system? I know that on most AWD cars you should really be in a certain percentage of tire wear..
#2
Movin On!
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That's normal wear for your rear-biased AWD setup, as long as your front tires still have some room to the wear bars you'll be OK. This assumes your new rear tires are the same brand and size. If by chance you bought a different brand tire the sizing may be a bit different even if the size stamped on the sidewall is the same. If the new rear diameters are more than 1% different than your old fronts you may activate the AWD warning light going at higher speeds. If this occurs you will need to get new matching front tires.
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The Steering Wheel Guy
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That's normal wear for your rear-biased AWD setup, as long as your front tires still have some room to the wear bars you'll be OK. This assumes your new rear tires are the same brand and size. If by chance you bought a different brand tire the sizing may be a bit different even if the size stamped on the sidewall is the same. If the new rear diameters are more than 1% different than your old fronts you may activate the AWD warning light going at higher speeds. If this occurs you will need to get new matching front tires.
#4
Ok so as long as my AWD light doesn't come on I should be fine? They are a different brand but I've had these tires for over a month now so I'm assuming it would of went on by now if it was an issue?
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