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Old 02-23-2001 | 07:11 AM
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Does anyone have any photos of their tires with the wear bars showing? I've got nearly 15K miles on my tires and haven't seen anything yet except thinning tread. Please post if you have any.
Old 02-23-2001 | 07:22 AM
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These are the set I bought from Kman. Tread almost gone...need more...

Old 02-23-2001 | 02:14 PM
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Sorry, I still don't see any "wear bars".
Old 02-23-2001 | 05:59 PM
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there are little rubber bars that are in the tread grooves that run sideways across the tire ( from sidewall to sidewall). when your tires are low, the bars will be even with the tread pattern. until then they're recessed from the tread inside the grooves. i'd take a pic of mine but my camera is still offline.
Old 02-24-2001 | 03:35 PM
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Josh3iO is incorrect. Most tires have a perpendicular wear bar pattern. Not the Potenza S02. The Potenza wear bar is groove by groove, with the bar being perpendicular to the groove not the tire. The bar is also offset from groove to groove (meaning a single bar does not cross all grooves of the tire, even when warn down). If your looking for a traditional "wear bar" there is none. Look at the individual grooves.........
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