What are the current best tyres?

TRNC said:
Dear god, what a surprise the OCUK bandwagon has rolled in. :rolleyes:

Tyres are made with wear markers for a reason. If they NEEDED 3mm of tread to be safe and work properly, they would have markers for replacement at 3mm. FACT.

End of story. Case closed. Bye.
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Laters, been nice hearing your misinformed chunks of 'wisdom'.
 
BinnsY said:
Now to the OP, despite all this I think you might be jumping the gun here. brand new tyres only tend to come with 8mm of tread. So the 8000 miles you have done so far have only scrubbed off 4mm at the front, and 3 at the back. At this wear rate, you looking at another 4000 miles before you scrub your fronts down from 5mm (as you have now rotated them) to the 3mm you want to change at. Although the rears are already at 4mm, they will now be wearing slower as they arent taking all the work. Even if you knock a bit off for being extra safe, I would hazard a guess you have a good 3000 miles to go before all 4 tyres are down at the 3 - 3.5mm mark.

Not sure how many miles you do a year, but I would stick it out for a little while yet and re-assess when you have another 2500 miles done on them.
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Fair enough, well by my math on the back of a fag packet, i was thinking changing at 10k (2k more miles). You worked it out as 3k, which tbh, will be my expect milage this summer.

Personal monthly miles average 400
Business milage this summer, i have a trip to Dublin (going to ferry it i think), Hull and Bournmouth, plus there is a wedding in 3 weeks' time that will be around 200miles round trip.

So, by summer's end would be around the time. It won't be this week, nor this month, that's for sure. I do need to save up though seeing how much they are. :(
 
I must admit, I put a swift edit in whilst you were typing that when I realised my math for the rear was slightly out :P

Although it would be 4000 left at the front, it's probably only 2000 before your rears scrub down. But yea, it sounds like your about right for timing it at the end of summer. It's a sensible time of year to get some nice chunky fresh rubber on as well.
 
Can't you get someone like event tyres to fit them. No faffing about waiting in tyre places or taking time off work.

I haven't been inside a tyre place for about 4 years
 
BinnsY said:
I must admit, I put a swift edit in whilst you were typing that when I realised my math for the rear was slightly out :P

Although it would be 4000 left at the front, it's probably only 2000 before your rears scrub down. But yea, it sounds like your about right for timing it at the end of summer. It's a sensible time of year to get some nice chunky fresh rubber on as well.
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Either way, it looks like these Hankooks can do about 10/12k miles per set.

Is that normal? I mean they are not exactly top of the range soft tyres. I would've thought i get at least 2 years out of them, not 15 months. (I put them on at the end of June last year so it's only been 10 and a 1/2 months.
 
So forgetting the normal 'motors OMG you do what you're so evil', when do people usually change their tyres then?

I've found the M3 gets very jittery at the back when running at around 3-4mm, so I absolutely change then. Thing is, it's quite possible that's all in my head, as I'm slightly terrified of the thing anyway. Probably even more so in the wet.

The RS4 I didn't generally notice any difference so would change at 2 to 3mm, but to be fair I would change all 4 to keep them in-line, it being Quattro (Yo) etc.

So, 3mm is too low, 4mm too much and tyres too new etc?

I've generally found though once I start thinking the tyres are low then I may as well as just crack on and change them, cos otherwise it'll get on my man boobs anyway.
 
Rather than create a new thread, which tyre is more likely to offer greater longevity, the Asymmetric 2 or Sportcontact 5? They will be going on the rear of a E46.
 
Raymond Lin said:
Yup, fitted.

I can't really order them for delivery as I am not at home to sign for them and having 4 tyres delivered at work is a no no!

Even if i could, getting 4 tyres back home on the train is not going to be easy or fun lol
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You can get them delivered directly to the garage that is going to fit them for you. That's what I do when I order from Camskill, never had any problems. It's always been way cheaper for me to order from Camskill and then get a local garage to fit them (though of course it depends on the tyre you are getting but online has always been cheaper for me and Camskill is the cheapest about 90% of the time). Fitting at a local gagrage really isn't much at all.
 
When they are down to 1.6mm, no point in faffing with 3mm IMO. Ran a set of Bridgestones down to just beyond 1.6mm on my Colt, drove that like a loon and could never tell any difference as they wore down. I'm not just brain dead, I could tell a 1psi difference in tyre pressure quite easily.

Heck, I was at drift what you brung on Saturday and it's pretty hard to tell any difference in grip level until the rubber is completely gone and the belts are hanging out. Even with the belts exposed, it is not undrivable.
 
Muban said:
You can get them delivered directly to the garage that is going to fit them for you. That's what I do when I order from Camskill, never had any problems. It's always been way cheaper for me to order from Camskill and then get a local garage to fit them (though of course it depends on the tyre you are getting but online has always been cheaper for me and Camskill is the cheapest about 90% of the time). Fitting at a local gagrage really isn't much at all.
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Well, the price quoted is delivered to the garage and fitted.

Rather than send them to the garage with my name on the address...i am not sure how that would work if they get a set of tyres delivered with no instructions to go with them? So last time I just select the fitted price and drove there a couple of days after ordering online and had them fitted.
 
Clarkey said:
When they are down to 1.6mm, no point in faffing with 3mm IMO. Ran a set of Bridgestones down to just beyond 1.6mm on my Colt, drove that like a loon and could never tell any difference as they wore down. I'm not just brain dead, I could tell a 1psi difference in tyre pressure quite easily.

Heck, I was at drift what you brung on Saturday and it's pretty hard to tell any difference in grip level until the rubber is completely gone and the belts are hanging out. Even with the belts exposed, it is not undrivable.
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And what about in the rain?

Surely you can't refute the videos posted above?
 
Slightly off topic, if I were to get a set of new alloys, is there such a thing as "wrong make"? (I still need one from that pot hole incident)

I searched eBay (don't know where else to look for), for 17" Yaris alloy and loads turned up and I have no idea what the spec means.

Rim width 7J
Offset 40

I don't want to change the tyres I want to get in case it messes worth the odometer, what information do I need in order to make sure I search for the right wheels?
 
Raymond Lin said:
Slightly off topic, if I were to get a set of new alloys, is there such a thing as "wrong make"? (I still need one from that pot hole incident)

I searched eBay (don't know where else to look for), for 17" Yaris alloy and loads turned up and I have no idea what the spec means.

Rim width 7J
Offset 40

I don't want to change the tyres I want to get in case it messes worth the odometer, what information do I need in order to make sure I search for the right wheels?
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You'd be far better off finding a replacement for the one your damaged than buying a whole new set of aftermarket ones. You can usually get reasonable condition ones on ebay.

Failing that, get another toyota set and sell you current ones.
 
MrLOL said:
You'd be far better off finding a replacement for the one your damaged than buying a whole new set of aftermarket ones. You can usually get reasonable condition ones on ebay.

Failing that, get another toyota set and sell you current ones.
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I found the only second hand one that matches mine on eBay and it wasn't "truer and round" as the seller stated, in the process of return for a refund as we speak.

I called Toyota for a price for a single new alloy, £340 each they wanted...

I can get it all refurb for around £300 plus fuel to a decent place sure, but I'll need to take days off work or without the use of my car for a week.

Sure, a new set is not the cheapest, it looks like it'll cost around £500 but no fuel cost and no lack of car time bar an hour on Saturday at a garage. The worry I have is how good are these aftermarket ones.
 
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at only £340 just get yourself a proper toyota one.

It will be brand new, perfect condition, and no need to worry about whether its round or will balance correctly etc..

and it maintains the OEM look of the car. Decent aftermarket alloys like OZ and BBS are just as good as the toyota ones (its likely the toyoata ones are even made by one of these companies or a company they own) but IMO won't look as nice as the OEM ones. Certain cars suit aftermarket alloys, a Yaris isn't one of them.
 
Well, yes, £340 will get me a single perfect wheel, that's not my only concern however.
The wheels is full of scratches from kerbs from the previous owner and could do with a refurb on all 4 (or 3 but then if I were to refurb them I wouldn't need to buy a new wheel, I will just get it straightened.)

So basically it comes down to this again.
1 - eBay for a second-hand wheel - tried that and failed, don't want to go down that road again so this is out.
2 - Refurb all 4 - I don't really have the time to get this done unless I get a courtesy car or they can do this in 1 Saturday morning.

3 - Toyota for a single wheel - I will have 4 round ones but 3 scuffed ones.
4 - New set of alloys, round and mint wheels - only concern is the look of the car with them on. I could try and get some with the same style or go all funky.* It's a risk in terms of aesthetics.

It is basically between option 3 and 4.* 3 is cheapest no doubt. I found some Oz alloys on eBay for £400 so it really is come down to how it looks and how much I care about scuffed wheels.
 
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