freakychakra

So you didn't sign an acknowledgement informing you that the car came with peformance tires and what that means? I do realize that performance comes with a price and am willing to pay for it if it's necessary. Just looking for some suggestions from people that may have some more experience and it seems that you have obviously do. So I thank you for your comment. That was really helpful!

I too have a similar problem with my 2007 IS 350 (X Pkg) at 17,000 miles. Uneven front tire wear that the Lexus Service Dept indicates that may be due to misalignment or just due to the nature of performance tires combined with the car's setup. Was advised to get new front tires and have the alignment checked to see if the alignment is indeed at fault. The dealer reported that the GS has the same issue and other performance cars like BMWs also have the same problem. Was surprised by this since other people in the family with BMWs (M5 and 335 coupe) don't seem to have the same problem, at least not yet. One person who posted before indicated that they had their alignment done under warranty. That wasn't offered to me, any suggestions on how to argue that the alignment check should be covered under warranty? I have the stock Bridgestone Potenza's (staggered) which is already emitting more road noise. Any suggestions on whether I should change the front two and change all 4 when the front two wears out in another 17K miles or should I swap out all 4 now? Considering switching to high perf. all seasons. Any suggestions on whether I can have the alignment adjusted to increase tire wear while sacrificing some performance on handling as I don't drive the car through slalom courses much? I've read that adjustments to the toe in/out can do that but the numbers and terms absolutely baffle me. Finally, I was also told that my front brake pads had around 30% left and a front brake job would be $314. Is this the norm or am I getting hosed? Pads can't be that expensive but does the brake job include turning or machining the rotors. I didn't think doing anything to rotors were necessary since there's still pad left but I've also read that it should always be done to ensure the rotors are flat and doesn't cause pulsations when braking in the future. Any insight into that? Ultimately, am pretty disappointed and surprised to find out that I need to replace the front tires so frequently. Especially since I still consider the car to be pretty new.