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I'm headed to the southern tip of Baja Mexico from the Pacific northwest on Monday and am debating whether to get new tires before crossing the border southbound. My 2018 136" hightop Promaster with 22,630 miles on it has the original Nexan tires. I've rotated the tires a few times and the fronts currently have about 5/16" of tread left and rears have about 7/32" left. I drove to Baja a couple of years ago with these same tires. My guess is that they'd make the 4,500 mile trip, but would need replacement by the time I got home. There's no sidewall cracking or chunks of tread missing, so they seem to be wearing normally.
I'm spending one night in Modesto, CA and another by the Salton Sea on the way south. I made a list of tire stores in Lancaster/Palmdale, San Bernadino and the Palm Springs/Indio/Cochella area. At this point I'm leaning towards monitoring my tire wear as I head to Modesto, and if the tires are wearing faster than I expect, to call ahead to various tire stores on my list to find a store that have tires in stock or can get them by the next day.
The way I see it I could get tires in California southbound (1,200 more miles), in La Paz Mexico (2,245 more miles), or in the US northbound (3,100+ more miles).
So, a few questions:
How many miles did you get out of your original Nexan tires?
Has anyone ever bought tires in Mexico? Specifically La Paz Mexico? If so, what should I know about that?
Pics below show treads and depth on a front tire, then on a rear tire.
I'm spending one night in Modesto, CA and another by the Salton Sea on the way south. I made a list of tire stores in Lancaster/Palmdale, San Bernadino and the Palm Springs/Indio/Cochella area. At this point I'm leaning towards monitoring my tire wear as I head to Modesto, and if the tires are wearing faster than I expect, to call ahead to various tire stores on my list to find a store that have tires in stock or can get them by the next day.
The way I see it I could get tires in California southbound (1,200 more miles), in La Paz Mexico (2,245 more miles), or in the US northbound (3,100+ more miles).
So, a few questions:
How many miles did you get out of your original Nexan tires?
Has anyone ever bought tires in Mexico? Specifically La Paz Mexico? If so, what should I know about that?
Pics below show treads and depth on a front tire, then on a rear tire.