kellyrus408

I'm sorry, I didn't realize YOU had the final say. If you don't like my questions don't respond. If you think I'm wasting your time, then you must have time to waste. Chill out.

I'm discounting balancing because these tires came off the front where I got 38K miles of perfect wear. If they were unbalanced on the rear it should have showed up on the front, no? Plus, they are wearing in the same spot...inside edge. No one commented on the idea that I don't carry enough weight to compensate for the engineering. That was the one thing both shops were in agreement with.

I wouldn't say the roads are any worse than many other states. I live in South Carolina and I'm pretty careful about missing potholes, etc. I would think a strut problem wouldn't limit the cupping to the inner edge of the tires. While the tire shops I spoke with also do alignments (one NTB and the other a Goodyear store), they never mentioned an alignment. One did say to dismount the tires and put the cupped edge on the outside! That's why I posted here!

Nope, never ever rotated tires the "traditional" way in my life. When the fronts wear out I buy new tires and rotate the rears to the front. The point here is why are the inside of the rear tires cupping/scalloping? I don't need 4 tires that are cupped.

I have a 2007 SEL that has treated me well, except the insides of the rear tires start scalloping and become noticeable after 15K miles. By 30K they are junk. I've been to two tires shops and they have both told me the same thing...I'm not carrying enough weight? HUH? They also recommend rotating which I have never done with tires. Seems to me I have a different problem then how much weight I'm carrying (normally there is nothing back there, but at times I'll load it up with 400+ lbs of "toys"), and I'm reluctant to start rotating now until my issue is properly diagnosed. I keep my tires inflated at 35psi, and the fronts will last me 40K! Any thoughts?