Stock P Zero Nero tires tread life
07-03-2014, 07:29 AM
#22
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 33
I noticed some new cracking or "checking" in the rubber at the bottoms of the tread grooves on the date coded 3107 Perelli P-Zero Neros that were OEM on our '08 Mustang GT. We got the car last June, tires were easily 1/2 still there at 22,000 miles, but they had no cracks then. Since then, they've worn some and developed cracks in all 4. No more Perelli P-Zero Nero s for me.
Now it has 26,446 miles, and I don't want to risk damage to a rim (not scared of a flat, I've had a few and some at "extralegal" speeds) so Friday, I got her up on stands and pulled the wheels and loaded them in my PU along with 4 GoodYear Eagle RS-A tires I had set aside and carried them all to a buddies and we swapped them and balanced them and all is well again.
These are tires I know I can trust.
Now it has 26,446 miles, and I don't want to risk damage to a rim (not scared of a flat, I've had a few and some at "extralegal" speeds) so Friday, I got her up on stands and pulled the wheels and loaded them in my PU along with 4 GoodYear Eagle RS-A tires I had set aside and carried them all to a buddies and we swapped them and balanced them and all is well again.
These are tires I know I can trust.
My new 2014 Mustang GT has the Goodyear F1's on them.
07-03-2014, 10:59 AM
#23
Gentleman's Relish
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: AZ
Posts: 13,090
Really cold weather cycles will also do this to tires.
07-23-2014, 04:12 PM
#27
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Alabama
Posts: 180
On my 2010 mustang I think I got about 35k out of the stock P zeros. Could have went further but the road noise coming off them was terrible.
From my experience dont put Cooper zeons on, the road noise on them was horrible as well. Was disapointed to see Cooper Zeons on the Roushs at a local dealer recently... who knows maybe I got a bad set.
My new 14 GT only has about 800 miles on it so no telling what I will get out of the PZeros but When they do go, I am going to put Michelen Pilots on like I should have with the '10.
From my experience dont put Cooper zeons on, the road noise on them was horrible as well. Was disapointed to see Cooper Zeons on the Roushs at a local dealer recently... who knows maybe I got a bad set.
My new 14 GT only has about 800 miles on it so no telling what I will get out of the PZeros but When they do go, I am going to put Michelen Pilots on like I should have with the '10.
08-29-2014, 12:39 PM
#28
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 156
I noticed some new cracking or "checking" in the rubber at the bottoms of the tread grooves on the date coded 3107 Perelli P-Zero Neros that were OEM on our '08 Mustang GT. We got the car last June, tires were easily 1/2 still there at 22,000 miles, but they had no cracks then. Since then, they've worn some and developed cracks in all 4. No more Perelli P-Zero Nero s for me.
Now it has 26,446 miles, and I don't want to risk damage to a rim (not scared of a flat, I've had a few and some at "extralegal" speeds) so Friday, I got her up on stands and pulled the wheels and loaded them in my PU along with 4 GoodYear Eagle RS-A tires I had set aside and carried them all to a buddies and we swapped them and balanced them and all is well again.
These are tires I know I can trust.
Now it has 26,446 miles, and I don't want to risk damage to a rim (not scared of a flat, I've had a few and some at "extralegal" speeds) so Friday, I got her up on stands and pulled the wheels and loaded them in my PU along with 4 GoodYear Eagle RS-A tires I had set aside and carried them all to a buddies and we swapped them and balanced them and all is well again.
These are tires I know I can trust.
09-14-2014, 09:57 PM
#30
I got as much as 50K miles on the stock P Zeros. I admit I did do some spirited driving which included chirping of the tires, but no full-tilt burn-outs.
The shortest my P Zeros have lases is as little as 5K miles; but not from wear; from nails puncturing the tires on a tread location that the tire shops refuse to fix or somehow the nail coming up like a claw and puncturing the sidewall (I don't even know how it happens but they did this mysterious maneuver to me twice).
Sidewall puncture = new tire. Not even your shade tree mechanic would try to plug/patch that.
The shortest my P Zeros have lases is as little as 5K miles; but not from wear; from nails puncturing the tires on a tread location that the tire shops refuse to fix or somehow the nail coming up like a claw and puncturing the sidewall (I don't even know how it happens but they did this mysterious maneuver to me twice).
Sidewall puncture = new tire. Not even your shade tree mechanic would try to plug/patch that.