Uneven rear tire wear?

Davey

Uneven as in, different from left to right, or uneven as in more wear on the inside or outside of the tires?

I'll admit I'm not that familiar with the Z's peculiarities as of yet but, if the insides of the tires are wearing then that is normal for a car that has a little negative camber in the rear (which is fairly common on IRS for "sporty" cars) that doesn't see a little hard cornering. You drive on the insides of the tires and that wears them out (and if you "peel out" a little, even more so) and they usually get evened out by hitting some corners and getting the car to lean a little. But if you drive mostly highway miles and have some negative camber, the insides of the tires WILL wear out first.

If it's the outsides, then I'd guess you drive in circles a lot.

So, it could be totally normal... I'd echo what 370zFORme!! asked as far as mileage and at least a better description of "uneven." Has the car been in any sort of accident, bumped a curb cutting a corner too close, etc.?

superman

First off thx for the help.Yes all the wear is to the inside on both tires.the car has 16k miles on it,no wrecks or curb jumping.If thats natural wear for these cars then I won't worry about it because looking at the tires it looks like both tires are pretty much wearing the same.I will take a pic for reference to get opinions anyway.

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Davey

At 16K miles these kind of tires (summer performance) will show some wear and if you are mostly doing highway miles and maybe the occasional "enthusiastic start" I would totally expect the insides to be more worn than the outsides.

I won't claim to be the final word but it sure sounds normal to me.

That's the bad thing about grippy tires, they don't last that many miles.