Car tyres

lesalanos

OddballJamie wrote: »

1.6mm is the legal minimum, not a target. Get the rears put on the front and brand new ones put on the rear.

You should have the best tread on the rears

OddballJamie

Asda Tyres have Michelin
225/50R17 94V Primacy HP at £153.43

http://www.event-tyres.co.uk
225/50R17 94V MICHELIN PILOT PRIMACY HP 2 for £274.50

OddballJamie

OddballJamie wrote:

1.6mm is the legal minimum, not a target. Get the rears put on the front and brand new ones put on the rear.

lesalanos wrote: »

You should have the best tread on the rears

New tyres generally do have the better tread. :rotfl:

londonTiger

2mm is still plenty of thread to use on non drive wheels. I would just put the 2mm ones on the rear axle and pit the rears in front. Very easy job.

The drive wheels wear out quicker so you change them more often. I don't know why some suggested putting the rear wheels to the front and then putting new tyres on rear. If anything you better off putting new tyres on the drive axle

Ultrasonic

londonTiger wrote: »

2mm is still plenty of thread to use on non drive wheels. I would just put the 2mm ones on the rear axle and pit the rears in front. Very easy job.

The drive wheels wear out quicker so you change them more often. I don't know why some suggested putting the rear wheels to the front and then putting new tyres on rear. If anything you better off putting new tyres on the drive axle

That is poor advice on safety grounds. Tyres with the best grip should be on the rear of the car. As far as I'm aware all tyre manufacturers and safety organisations are agreed on this. Here are a couple of videos that demonstrate why:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Hb5kQCaTg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__0DL8dE3Eo

(There's a better Fifth Gear video but I can't find it online at the moment.)

The basic point is that if you start to lose grip of the front wheels you feeling it through steering wheel and have a fair chance of rescuing the situaiton. If you lose grip at the back of the car this is very hard to correct, and odds are you'll spin the car.

guardianangel - either leave your tyres where they are, or move your current rears to the front and buy some new tyres for the rear. The latter is obviously the best plan.

Clive_Woody

OddballJamie wrote: »

http://www.event-tyres.co.uk
225/50R17 94V MICHELIN PILOT PRIMACY HP 2 for £274.50

I had event tyres come out and replace a couple of tyres on my Octavia vRS a while back, I was really impressed with the service and their price was one of the best I could find. They were also offering a £50 petrol voucher if I bought two tyres or more.

londonTiger

Ultrasonic wrote: »

That is poor advice on safety grounds. Tyres with the best grip should be on the rear of the car. As far as I'm aware all tyre manufacturers and safety organisations are agreed on this. Here are a couple of videos that demonstrate why:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Hb5kQCaTg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__0DL8dE3Eo

(There's a better Fifth Gear video but I can't find it online at the moment.)

The basic point is that if you start to lose grip of the front wheels you feeling it through steering wheel and have a fair chance of rescuing the situaiton. If you lose grip at the back of the car this is very hard to correct, and odds are you'll spin the car.

guardianangel - either leave your tyres where they are, or move your current rears to the front and buy some new tyres for the rear. The latter is obviously the best plan.

thanks for the explanation, it's really counter intuitive but makes complete sense when you think about it.

Limey

Blackcircles are doing Yoko AVS in your size for £144 a piece fitted. A bit better price and still a good tyre.

photome

lesalanos wrote: »

You should have the best tread on the rears

Dont start that old chestnut

Any driver that doesnt exceed the speed limit and drives normally will not notice any difference, and will not suffer any loss of grip wherever those wornt tyres are.

Having said that IMO 2mm is tooo low and they should be replaced

daveyjp

The new fronts will be 8mm. Hardly worth swapping the rears to the front as within a few thousand they will have evened up.