Justin Lee Ballard

Any update Adam? My set of tires that were rotated from the back to the front have now been on the truck for about 6k miles and looked just like the ones that were on the front after only around 3k miles. I cant afford to be replacing a $2000 set of tires every 40k miles and dont want to be rotating every 3 weeks either (which makes no major difference in the long run).

Just an update... Finally got the truck back to the alignment shop (which is a guy that has been doing 4wd's, suspensions, tires, lifts, etc. for years... he recently purchased a new computer/laser alignment machine). The machine did show that the toe was off a little, I believe on the passenger side only. The alignment guy (technician) did mention that he felt it biting when he turned sharp up into his garage bay so he knew something wasn't right. HOWEVER, it still bites and slides the tires like it did before. Owner of the shop says its not out of the ordinary and that for my tires to have 20k on them never being rotated, he thinks they look great. Long story short, we rotated the tires and got it aligned. There may be some truth to the fact that these did have 20k on them before rotating but I still believe that in 2-3k miles my now front tires (were the rear, perfectly even wear pattern) will be worn down to match the old fronts. I don't know anything else to do. I sincerely hope they are right but doubt it. Its just a waiting game now. I did see a friend of mine this weekend with the exact same setup as I have who has 68k miles on his original set of tires. The outsides of his tires look slightly pitted like ours look, and I saw a few slide marks on his tires from where he parked, however, overall, his tire wear looked pretty even and great for 68k miles. I figure worse case, I will try to get up with him, take his truck to the shop and see exactly where it is set, and have mine set that way.

Good info man.. At this point, has Southern Comfort acknowledged that you have a problem and they intend to take care of it? Or is everyone still beating around the bush?

On a side note, can someone confirm this is a Gen I lift? I dont think there is a spacer at the top but have never done a leveling kit to know how big it would really be. I would assume about 2" and definitely noticeable, which this is not.

Glad to hear you are getting to the bottom of this Adam. I am still trying to get my schedule to work out with the alignment guy's so, no info to update on at the momont. I'm going to resend him this link and hope he reads it before I come in... At least your last post. If you can, please share the info from the "official" write up when you get it. My tires have almost 20k on them now and the outside edge is worn substantially. I'll post pics later. Pics I took this morning... Hard to the wear on the inside of the tire as good as the outside but the outside is nearly wore down to what I would call the wear tread of the tire (i.e. if the whole tire were wore like this it would be time to begin pricing a new set). Outside passenger Inside passenger Inside driver Outside driver I also took some pictures a few week back when I drove down an friends pollen covered driveway. I turned off the asphalt and pretty much went straight down his drive way, so for the most part, the pollen on the treads was an indicator of how the tire is riding when not turning. I took pics of the rear tires for reference, good eve pollen coverage on all treads, front tires, not so much! Rear tire Front tire

Thanks for the update Adam... I'm going to get an alignment next Monday and I'll let you guys know how it turns out. My truck has 18k miles and I am not having any popping yet, hope it doesn't happen!

Adam, have you made any more progress on this issue or ever get it figured out? I bought a 2014 Silverado Z-92 from a dealer 3 weeks ago and have the EXACT same issues you are having. The Z-92 was the ALC (American Luxury Coach) package and also has the 6" Fabtech lift and 35" MT ATZ's, truck had 12.5k miles on it and was owned by an older gentleman and is evident that it has never been abused or modified from how it was purchased. I am currently contacting the dealer to see if they can tell me anything, and sending them a link to this post so that they can see all of the valuable information you have shared and go from there. Would love to find out that you have fixed the problem and save me the hassle of going through what you have been through! Thanks