My apologies for the 2nd thread asking something different. That thread made thread #7 in over a month in this forum... I'll compact any new questions in this thread to give the other 5 or thread starters in the past month a chance.
A few questions... questions #2 is most important right now, thanks.
1) How can I tell if my car has an altered suspension? I'm 99% sure it's stock but a shop denied me of a warranty on my tires b/c I'm "lowered". My car has the factory body kit and is the sports package. I can barely fit two fingers in the wheel gap up front and one finger in the wheel gap in the rear. The shop said, "You probably have altered spindles or eibach springs". I like how he knew what brand and he never put my car on a lift.
2) Would you buy two tires (used for only 1 summer) if they are about 3 years old? They are Falken Azenis ST115s and sat stacked in a garage not on wheels. A buddy offered me 75 for the pair. That beats 90 per in my book if they're safe. I'm looking to know if the material could be broken down and weak at this point.
3) If BF Goodrich tells me that their policy is that the customer buys replacements based on a decided prorated price from the dealer and BFG refunds the dealer and the dealer tells me thats not how things work (two different shops have told me that)... what should I do? The tire has 90% tread life left so I want to get a new one to at least sell it. I just had a guy tell me that my tire with 10k miles and under two years of life has a cracked sidewall b/c of normal wear. When I say cracked, I mean, 100% around the sidewall and you can lift up rubber a good bit.
Leaving my original post below so the person that replied doesn't look like their replying to nonsense.
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I'm having tire issues.
I'm not excited about dropping 150+ on each tire so a buddy has a spare pair of Falken Azenis ST115s. I read reviews and they are supposedly a great tire for less than 90 new.
I currently have a set of BF Goodrich Traction T/A with less than 10k miles (2 yrs old) and they are ripping at the sidewall up front. Anyone else having a similar issue... tire pressure, suspension, alignment all checked out fine. They are within BF Goodrich's manufacturer warranty. The shop I bought them at said they'd give me 25% off. I just got off the phone with BFG and any BFG dealer should give me about 90% off as there is 90% tread life left.
How bad is it to have Falken's up front and BFG in the rear (or should I put the newest tread in the rear?)
I still might buy the Falkens as back up or to replace two other BFGs that are pretty bald.