a properly aligned DSM with a grandma driver could get 60k out of good new tires. alignment is very easy to knock out of whack. specially in sprorts cars with less room for error due to tighter gemometry. the most common form of wear is call toe wear. this has nothing to do with being lowered. it's the direction the wheels are point off center. e.g. if your looking at the right front wheel. and the left side was out and the right side was in it would be toed in. vise versa toed out. this wears tires out worse because the tires scrub the ground instead of rolling smoothly.

proper rotation procedure is drive wheels change axles but stay on same side. non drive flip sides and change axles. so on FWD the front go straight back, the rears get flipped and put on the front. now there's exceptions. if you have directional tires they have to stay on the same side of the car or else they will be rolling backwards. directional tires have arrows on the sidewalls. so make sure the arrows point forward if your tire is directional.

tires are supposed to be flipped to counter any camber wear you may have going on. in reality it doesn't make a huge difference but it's proper procedure.

hope my version was easy to read. dont worry about being a n00b. some of the best looking cars are owned by n00bs.

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