Frustrated about tires

[TR GTO]

Well, after buying this car and thinking my vibration was a balance issue, I have horrible wear problems because the stock KDWs at 17k miles have never been rotated. Instead of just buying two new tires, I'm thinking screw it, I'll do it right and just buy new tires. The thing is, I'd just jump and throw a new set of KDWs on it, but I would like to see what some others recommended. I don't have any experience with any tires at this level of power, but the one set of tires I really liked for my previous tires is the Falken ZE-512. The Falkens will be about $200 cheaper, so I'm sure my answer is right there. Here's the link to the tires.

Falken's (http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/findTireDetail.d o?rc=AZUINT&yr=2004&cf=false&c=1&sw=false&pc=28782&rf=true&rcz=85044&mk=PONTIAC&cs=245&dVeh=dVeh&vid=008805&rd=17&ar=45&ct=)

[Rob@WretchedMS]

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=B ridgestone&tireModel=Potenza+RE-01R&partnum=445WR7RE01R&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes&place=2

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=B ridgestone&tireModel=Potenza+RE960AS+Pole+Position&partnum=445WR7RE960PP&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes&place=9

That is my answer.

Both on sale, don't miss out.

[axles of evil]

your horrible wear problems may also be an allignment issue that these cars are known for. get that checked before ruining your new tires.

and potenza re 01s are great tires from what i hear.

[TR GTO]

I'm also going to contact the dealer tomorrow. I just bought it saturday and this car shouldn't have left with tires in this condition. The only thing that stood out to me was the tread depth and it looked good to me. I just didn't fully see the irregular tread block wear until I had a tire guy point it out to me.

[Rob@WretchedMS]

Your tires are wearing like that due to worn Radius rod bushings, and strut mounts. The dealer will most likely not take care of these items, but you can ask to have them checked, maybe you'll get lucky.

[TR GTO]

I figured this, but I bought it less than a week ago, this is something that should be taken care of.