New tyres, can't make up my mind...
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Sticks said:
I dont really know how sensetive your senses are, but there could be a reasonable explanation to this. With our current temperatures, the 'summer' tyres us Brits use all year round are really not at their optimal operating range. After a few miles (and a few Degrees C) the rubber well be more pliant and closer to operating temp.
Suspension bushes probably act the same also as they are rubbery
Yeah, the lumpy tyres is evident in the cold, I think they almost set a bit flat where the car has been left, but once warmed up a bit they are fine... say a mile or so.
Well, I ordered F1 Asymmetric tyres, 92Y front and 94Y rear, so hope they are the right ratings (seem the only ones available anyway)
Mytyres were a bit more expensive than Camskill, but Camskill don't have the fronts in stock so I wasn't going to wait. All getting delivered/fitted to my newly reconiditoned 107's, so might be able to pick those up one morning next week
Then fit them at home and job done!
Then on to sorting my 108's for resale
PS, on the FK452 I found 33psi all round seemed to be the best pressures, or around that.
Dave
Well, I ordered F1 Asymmetric tyres, 92Y front and 94Y rear, so hope they are the right ratings (seem the only ones available anyway)
Mytyres were a bit more expensive than Camskill, but Camskill don't have the fronts in stock so I wasn't going to wait. All getting delivered/fitted to my newly reconiditoned 107's, so might be able to pick those up one morning next week
Then fit them at home and job done!
Then on to sorting my 108's for resale
PS, on the FK452 I found 33psi all round seemed to be the best pressures, or around that.
Dave
i run my fk452's at 28 psi front 30 psi back, i found this ideal for my local roads, balances comfort and control when giving it some beans. on long runs up the motorway ive gone higher as it gives 2mpg more, so 30 / 32, but i find the front end bounces a bit more on rough country road sat these pressures. basically have a play and see what you prefer would be my advice.
I ran fronts and rears lower, but the fronts have got too much tread left in the middle vs the outer parts of the central tread band.
The rears have almost worn the centre part down, but running those at lower pressures seemed to make them very skittish in the wet/cold recently... 33psi and the back end is now much more planted again.
Good tyres, but finding the right pressures seems hard. They won't wear well basically, and the life can't seem to be optimised without running pressures that make them perform not ideally.
Dave
The rears have almost worn the centre part down, but running those at lower pressures seemed to make them very skittish in the wet/cold recently... 33psi and the back end is now much more planted again.
Good tyres, but finding the right pressures seems hard. They won't wear well basically, and the life can't seem to be optimised without running pressures that make them perform not ideally.
Dave