Changing 3 Tyres - Should I do 4

force_ten

if the budget allows then nothing better than four new matching tyres for safety

Ice made good suggestion asking what is your spare like if you have a good/new spare then use that and try and get three new matched tyres to go with it and put the best of the rest as your spare

agrinnall

Why is the 4th not worn to the same extent as the other one on that axle? Was it replaced on it's own at some point? If not then you have uneven wear levels which you should investigate and if necessary fix before putting new tyres on.

AdrianC

force_ten wrote: »

Ice made good suggestion asking what is your spare like if you have a good/new spare then use that and try and get three new matched tyres to go with it and put the best of the rest as your spare

Check the age, for sure.

A Pug 107 could be 9yr old. If it's the original spare, I'd be binning that and putting the best of the current four in it's place.

On one sidewall, there's a code - starts DOT, then probably three groups of four digits. The last four digits, in an oval, tell you the manufacturing date. WWYY (two digit week number, two digit year number).

Not on this, but on other cars, if it's three digits, it's pre-2000, WWY. If it's three and a triangle, it's '90s. No triangle, it's '80s. Anything above 10yrs is binfodder. Anything above ~6yrs is spare-tyre use only.

darkmatter101

OP are you changing the 3 tyres with budget chinese ones?

DigForVictory

I'd change all 4, budget permitting. To the point that I'd probably check the price matching offers to make sure I could afford it. The coming months are especially bad ones to have anxieties over braking in.

BeenThroughItAll

darkmatter101 wrote: »

OP are you changing the 3 tyres with budget chinese ones?

Since the OP has asked a question about the number of tyres to change, how on earth have you decided that is a pertinent question?


Also, based on the fact they're asking the question, I'd hazard a guess the OP is not mega-knowledgeable on the subject of tyres, so they probably wouldn't know a Chinese ditchfinder if it jumped out in front of them, like so many people.

AdrianC

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

Since the OP has asked a question about the number of tyres to change, how on earth have you decided that is a pertinent question?

Also, based on the fact they're asking the question, I'd hazard a guess the OP is not mega-knowledgeable on the subject of tyres, so they probably wouldn't know a Chinese ditchfinder if it jumped out in front of them, like so many people.

Much as it pains me to admit it, DM probably has achieved one of those twelve-hourly stopped clock moments.

Assuming the 107 in question is on the standard 155/65 14 size, then...
http://www.camskill.co.uk/m4b0s391p0
There's nothing too scary listed at all, probably because even good stuff is so cheap. I'd be perfectly happy with the cheapie Avons, but if t'were mine, I'd be putting the couple of quid per corner into the Contis.

mark55man

wow thanks all. sorry for not being engaged had a difficult evening with British Rail last night


really glad I asked the question - to answer the questions


* Peugeot is 08 plate -
* the spare and tyre 4 are both used but newish
* had the car 1 year (only 6000 miles) so we haven't done anything to the tyres

jaydeeuk1

darkmatter101 wrote: »

OP are you changing the 3 tyres with budget chinese ones?

He should fit some M sport alloys too.

Alt

If the spare and the 4th are very similar then I would buy 2 new tyres and switch the spare and the 3rd tyre...

Alt