View Poll Results: Miles on stock Dunlops (GD3
15k-20k
4
22.22%
20k-25k
1
5.56%
25k-30k
3
16.67%
30k-35k
2
11.11%
35k+
8
44.44%
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How many miles on stock dunlops? (GD3)
#1
How many miles on stock dunlops? (GD3)
so im at about 17k on my 2008 sport and the POS dunlops are about shot... just wondering how many miles others got on them after they bit the dust. Also note i did rotate every 5-6k miles and do spirited driving on occasion.... there was a short time the tires were over inflated due to inaccurate TP gauge....
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#8
odd... seems like the tires are inconsistant... i wont say im "nice" to them but im not doing constant burnouts... or any really, just a bit of hard cornering... i expected 25 atleast out of them...
#9
i had mine for 38k miles then changed them out, but they still had at minimum another 7k miles of on them. a lot of it just depends on how you drive. i drove pretty smoothly on that set of tires. they saw no track days and very, very rarely got beat on.
#10
Should be able to get 40-50K on a set of radials unless you're alignment is out or they're waaaay under inflated.
The Dunlops seem round and handle OK. The last Honda I bought new had goodyears. Besides being out-of-round (fight between Honda dealer and Goodyear dealer about how true the wheels should be: Honda won) they wore quickly, but even those had the bad manners of lasting 40K with tread left before I ripped them off.
If ride comfort and tread life are important, I'd get Michelins. If handling is your priority, I'm sure there are better choices.
I made the mistake once of putting on yokohamas. Jeez those things were square. And the tire dealer (discount tire) stripped multiple studs in the process with their "foolproof" torque sticks and told me Hondas had deficient engineering. At least they gave me my money back and paid to have the studs replaced.
The Dunlops seem round and handle OK. The last Honda I bought new had goodyears. Besides being out-of-round (fight between Honda dealer and Goodyear dealer about how true the wheels should be: Honda won) they wore quickly, but even those had the bad manners of lasting 40K with tread left before I ripped them off.
If ride comfort and tread life are important, I'd get Michelins. If handling is your priority, I'm sure there are better choices.
I made the mistake once of putting on yokohamas. Jeez those things were square. And the tire dealer (discount tire) stripped multiple studs in the process with their "foolproof" torque sticks and told me Hondas had deficient engineering. At least they gave me my money back and paid to have the studs replaced.
#12
28K of hard use and the fronts were as bald as Telly Savalas. They were good tires just awfully soft for an OE tire, I suppose there are worse things to have though...I'm at 44K on Nitto Neo-Gen and they are still going strong....
#13
I'm at 31,000 and haven't quite reached the treadwear indicators yet. I'm ordering a set of snow tires in a month or so and will probably get some new all-seasons in the Spring. I've tried to keep the tire pressure at 44 psi on my Base GD3's tires. I missed a rotation, so the fronts are a bit more worn than the rear.
#14
The stock Dunlops on my Base carry the poorest treadwear rating I've ever seen on a passenger car tire.
#15
Just changed mine out with 49,000 miles (90% highway) to Cooper CS4. I had just hit the wear bar on the Dunlops. The CS4's are great. Sticky in dry and wet, and they are extremely quiet even on grooved pavement at 80 mph. $92.00 each from Discount Tire Zone - Low prices on tires from From Falken, Bridgestone, Cooper, Fuzion, Nankang, Firestone, and Dayton
$40.00 installation and balancing and a $60 alignment from Lou at Main Street Garage and I am set to go.
$40.00 installation and balancing and a $60 alignment from Lou at Main Street Garage and I am set to go.
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