Originally Posted By: Char Baby
Originally Posted By: doitmyself
The new General Altimax RT43 looks to be a very promising,possibly better alternative to the H727. It beat the H727 in this Tire Rack test:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=178
And, people are giving it good snow performance in this BITOG thread:
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/3237723/General_AltiMAX_RT43#Post3237723
If your H727's have reasonably even wear, but premature tire tread wear, you should be able to talk a good tire store into giving you some pro rated credit on your next purchase. I did this with my Yoko's to the tune of $100 dollars credit, even when changing to another brand.
Thanks, guys, for updating these tire performance threads.
Originally Posted By: Miller88
Not sure if it would be worth it 30K into the tire, but have you considered getting them flipped on the wheels?
I'm not sure if you guys are talking to me or Stephen so, I'll answer for myself.
I bought the H727's at thetirerack and will not try to get any prorating with 6-7 32nds of treadlife remaining at 34,000 miles.
I may flip over the tires on the wheels as I have'em done at W*M and the balance will be free. It may cost ~ $20-$30 total, which is cheap.
The H727 in my case are noisy in a mazda3 but, not many tires aren't noisy according to mazda3 owners.. It's as much the lack of insulation in the car as the tires cupping.
I bought some dedicated winter tires so, the H727's will be with us for awhile and the H727 still do fine in the other 3 seasons and the cars MPG is really good with the H727's. Road holding, hiwy tracking and lack of radial pull and vibs are another plus with the H727's. They've just become noisy due to the inside edge(s) cupping! Alot of this is due to mazda's alignment spec and some worn parts.
I've replaced control arms and struts in the car w/alignment. This may help!
Any one that wants to listen! haha.
I was considering doing that on the H725s on my Focus. Unfortunately I took too long and didn't flip them. I would have easily been able to get another year out of them if I did it 10K miles ago!
The outside have 4-5/32'' and the inside edges are worn smooth. I didn't realize it had got that bad since the outside looked so good.