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Rear wear?
How much more than your fronts do your rears wear?
Measured mine today. Fronts 5mm, rears 2mm.
Measured mine today. Fronts 5mm, rears 2mm.
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Used to get through two pair of rears for each pair of fronts. Not so sure these days. I don't drive the Zed that far each year and can't remember what I did yesterday.
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I don’t use my rear much. All the use is in the front. No wear whatsoever that I can tell.
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2pairs rears to one pair of fronts - twice over 2 cars.
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2pairs rears to one pair of fronts - twice over 2 cars.
ataggered Michelins
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300 BHP E89 20i and 400 BHP E89 35is
Pretty close to 2 sets of rears to one set of fronts..
If the fronts are wearing slower than that then you ain’t turning n braking enough…
Pretty close to 2 sets of rears to one set of fronts..
If the fronts are wearing slower than that then you ain’t turning n braking enough…
We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
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cruise uses the rear brakes to slow you on hill descents once the engine braking is insufficient which will add to rear wear
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The alignment spec for the rears is for quite a bit of negative camber. The inner 1/4 of the rear tires will wear out rather quickly. My Indy agreed and reduced the camber down to just under the minimum spec. Car still feels the same and cornering is still fine. Tire wear with the fronts has equalized. Very hard cornering has probably been compromised but I do not mind in fact I wish the rear and front were the same size, for less understeer and the ability to rotate them.
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Folks talk about excess camber and inside tyre wear..I've (so far) kept stock alignment and gone through 7 sets of rears on E89s and I've never had any marked inner tyre wear..FWIW..zxy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 18, 2022 1:34 pm The alignment spec for the rears is for quite a bit of negative camber. The inner 1/4 of the rear tires will wear out rather quickly. My Indy agreed and reduced the camber down to just under the minimum spec. Car still feels the same and cornering is still fine. Tire wear with the fronts has equalized. Very hard cornering has probably been compromised but I do not mind in fact I wish the rear and front were the same size, for less understeer and the ability to rotate them.
We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
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I had new tyres and 4 wheel alignment, not seen inner shoulder wear on either of2 cars and current rears are even wear across tread width.
I do know that straddling road humps / speed. Cushions wears the inner shoulders badly
I do know that straddling road humps / speed. Cushions wears the inner shoulders badly
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I know it’s a G29 but I checked all my tyres today as I thought I may need rears soon.
Slight error in judgment on my part, needs all four replaced, fronts just over 2mm rears 1.8mm so quite impressed there’s equal wear across all tyres. Fronts and rears wearing at approx the same rate, bad news is only 7.5k miles on them and the first 1200 was done at a very sedate rate running the car in. No slides, doughnuts etc, just forum runs and weekends away
Replacement like for like circa £1k looking at replacing all with Conti 7’s as they’re winning the major tyre tests. A mere snip at £750
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Replaced rears about 8 months ago, still a bit of tread on them but a bad puncture meant I just changed both. Fronts have loads left on them so I'm thinking they have been changed before as car is now on 21K.
Get under 4,000 miles on the rear tyre on the bike though.
Get under 4,000 miles on the rear tyre on the bike though.
Abstinence is fine, in moderation.
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That’s because the front’s only on the ground half the time
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Wifey's 2.5i auto came with Landsails fitted. I always said I'd change them when we refurbed the wheels. Until last week she thought they were fine but then she drove the 'Freeleeta' with Pirellis on!
On the plus side, as far as I can ascertain, Landsails actually grow tread the more you use them.
On the plus side, as far as I can ascertain, Landsails actually grow tread the more you use them.