New tyres tomorrow

[MikeyH]

Just booked in with Kwikfit for tomorrow to have 2 front Goodyear Eagle Asy 6 tyres. Good price at the moment if you buy 2. £196.30. They do a free alignment check but might give that a miss Been a noise coming from the front tyre for a while and getting louder and they are 8 years old!! So, overdue but have been resisting as they have reasonable tread still. I ran my hand around the back of the tyre after watching some youtube videos about 'cupping' (not that sort) and looked with a torch this morning and It seems they are 'cupped'. If the noise is still there it will be wheel bearings I suppose.

[buzyg]

[B21]

Always psychologically reassuring fresh premier rubber

[Zed Baron]

Had Eagle F1s on my E89, I thought they were really good, had PZeros on previously, they were also good but just didn't seem to last long.

[MikeyH]

I've had avon zz5 s on the car since I bought it almost 3 years ago but they are now 8 years old. I replaced the rears last year with the Asy 6, the trouble is the Avons will not wear out and I keep reading that old tyres are not good. So this is the time. I'm hoping that the steering will calm down a bit and be less twitchy with new tyres.

[MikeyH]

Always psychologically reassuring fresh premier rubber

I hope so, I have never felt that comfortable going into a bend with the Z4.

[B21]

Always psychologically reassuring fresh premier rubber

I hope so, I have never felt that comfortable going into a bend with the Z4.

Well it should corner very nicely…assuming it’s got good rubber…if it’s still not happy maybe time to look at west n tear on bushes / geometry?

[MikeyH]

Always psychologically reassuring fresh premier rubber

I hope so, I have never felt that comfortable going into a bend with the Z4.

Well it should corner very nicely…assuming it’s got good rubber…if it’s still not happy maybe time to look at west n tear on bushes / geometry?

Yes might be a good idea, I'll see how it goes. It's a shame there isn't a decent BMW indi down this way.

[MikeyH]

Boy O boy. Well the new tyres are grrrreat. Got rid of the annoying bomp, bomp noise and the front doesn't dart about anymore. There is a stretch of 40 mph dual carriageway were the car has always pulled left and then right. Not anymore. Went for a drive on a twisty bit of road near me and feels so much safer and sure footed. Got them online from Kwikfit (10% off for 2 at the moment) and had them fitted at the Torquay branch, what a nice place to go to. Not had such good and friendly service from a tyre place for years, so different from the awful service at another national tyre company in Newton Abbot when I bought the rears last year. Only odd thing is why do they always pump the tyres up so high, 36 psi and 38 psi the other side. Guess where I'll be buying my tyres from now on.

[B21]

Boy O boy. Well the new tyres are grrrreat. Got rid of the annoying bomp, bomp noise and the front doesn't dart about anymore. There is a stretch of 40 mph dual carriageway were the car has always pulled left and then right. Not anymore. Went for a drive on a twisty bit of road near me and feels so much safer and sure footed. Got them online from Kwikfit (10% off for 2 at the moment) and had them fitted at the Torquay branch, what a nice place to go to. Not had such good and friendly service from a tyre place for years, so different from the awful service at another national tyre company in Newton Abbot when I bought the rears last year. Only odd thing is why do they always pump the tyres up so high, 36 psi and 38 psi the other side. Guess where I'll be buying my tyres from now on.

Good news on an E85 32/34 would be my suggestion..

Always strange how new decent tyres improves handling?

[MikeyH]

Boy O boy. Well the new tyres are grrrreat. Got rid of the annoying bomp, bomp noise and the front doesn't dart about anymore. There is a stretch of 40 mph dual carriageway were the car has always pulled left and then right. Not anymore. Went for a drive on a twisty bit of road near me and feels so much safer and sure footed. Got them online from Kwikfit (10% off for 2 at the moment) and had them fitted at the Torquay branch, what a nice place to go to. Not had such good and friendly service from a tyre place for years, so different from the awful service at another national tyre company in Newton Abbot when I bought the rears last year. Only odd thing is why do they always pump the tyres up so high, 36 psi and 38 psi the other side. Guess where I'll be buying my tyres from now on.

Good news on an E85 32/34 would be my suggestion..

Always strange how new decent tyres improves handling?

I've got them at 31/33 at the moment, I'll give yours a go though, thank you

[MikeyH]

So, any ideas about this please. The new tyres for the front bought from Kwikfit Saturday have 7mm of tread (my gauge) and have a red or green (sorry colour blind) line around them. The ones on the rear bought from the another national tyre company this year in February only have 5mm of tread (my gauge) after 4,190 miles of careful driving. And I don't remember seeing a line around them and they are 1yr 5 months old now. This means they would have been 11 months old when I bought them. So 2mm of wear in 6 months, does this seem feasible or have I been ripped off by the other national tyre company? My wife is 99% of the time in the car with me and doesn't like me 'wanging' around corners. Both times I bought the tyres on line and had them fitted at the companies local tyre place. Your thoughts would be gratefully received although there is nothing I can now do about this.

[B21]

Are the front and rears same sizes, same makes etc?

Rears wear faster than fronts by usually 2 or 3 times..

[MikeyH]

Are the front and rears same sizes, same makes etc?

Rears wear faster than fronts by usually 2 or 3 times..

Same make Goodyear Asy 6 , front 225/40/18 , Rear 245/40/18. The fronts were 8 yrs 5 months old and had about 4 mm of tread but they must have been way past their best The rears were very close to the depth markers when I swapped them and the fronts still had a lot of tread left so that would make sense what you say is correct. From the paperwork I received when I picked up the car it showed that all 4 where bought at the same time. I haven't owned a rear drive car for a very long time and it's usually the fronts that go first. Thank you, made me feel a little better.

[B21]

Front / rear tyre wear rates vary enormously with type of driver, locations, type of driving, power, weight etc..

If you drive reasonably hard including going around bends at pace then you should get even tyre wear across the tread but rears will go down 2-3 times to fronts ..with a rear wheel front engined car..

If you point and squirt then uneven tyre wear ensues but front / rear ratio will still be 1-3 ratio ..