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2nd nail / screw in 5 months. 
Might just fit the cheapest next time.
Might just fit the cheapest next time.
**Unofficial Tyre Thread**
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Soldato
Moving wheels around isn't included - just taking the tyres off the old rim and putting the new ones on, balancing and refitting.
That said, any garage worth anything will normally do this FOC. £30 to put the rear wheels on the front whilst the car is already jacked up and the front wheels are already off is literally daylight robbery. This would have taken an extra 2-3 minutes *at most* to do.
Soldato
What could have caused this? both my daughters back tyres are like this, she hasn’t ever had them under inflated or ran them flat, it’s strange that both are like this
UV exposure and age!
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They make next to nothing on the tyres so it’s there way of making some money. At the end of the day it cost them in labour to do additional work, it costs you nothing to do it yourself.
Just got some pilot sport 4's replaced on the rear(225/40/r18). They only lasted a year but I got 28k out of them.
Replaced them with exactly the same £108 a side, I dont know if 28k is decent but seems ok as they did 4 months on the front and 8 months on the back. Front were replaced with cross climate 2's and they have been awesome.
Replaced them with exactly the same £108 a side, I dont know if 28k is decent but seems ok as they did 4 months on the front and 8 months on the back. Front were replaced with cross climate 2's and they have been awesome.
4 x New Michelin Pilot Sport 4S’s fitted to the 530D this morning and all the better for it too. I would go as far to say that it’s improved the ride more than it did on the F10 when I did the same but need more miles to confirm.
First big pot hole will see if my money was wasted or not. Good service from Black Circle and Halfords at home. All done on my drive within an hour and balanced well.
First big pot hole will see if my money was wasted or not. Good service from Black Circle and Halfords at home. All done on my drive within an hour and balanced well.
A recent BMW health check flagged up this on one of the rear tyres. Looks like something has gouged the tyre a bit... they said it would be an MOT failure, any thoughts?
Take it to a local tyre shop and have them do a repair on it.
Soldato
New tyre time for the 911. Any thoughts on MPS4S versus MPS5? The PS4S seems to be increasingly difficult to get hold of in the correct size with corresponding price increases. I guess there’ll be a MPS5S along at some point but need to get the best now really.
Find the 4s.
Soldato
Haven't Michelin just released an N-marked PS4S?
Soldato
Seems like the most straightforward option.
Don’t really mind if they have - my car isn’t beholden to their warranty terms so I can do as I please!
(I’m too poor and my car is too old!).
Have you had the tyre since new? possibly a previous repair which is now degrading? though with the marks around it probably all from going over the same object.
Soldato
A recent BMW health check flagged up this on one of the rear tyres. Looks like something has gouged the tyre a bit... they said it would be an MOT failure, any thoughts?
Strange one, it even possibly looks like a previous tyre repair, unless you've had the tyres from new? If so, it would likely be an MOT failure for "ply or cords exposed". Even though you can't see the cords as it stands right now, they are allowed to use a blunt tool to pry into the hole to see if it goes down the cords or not. With that being in the trough of the tyre grooves, it likely down go down to the cords. As mentioned, the easiest thing to do is pay a tyre company to do a puncture repair on it for £20.
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Doesn’t look like there is much tread left I’d just replace than risk a blowout.
I'm going to stop by my local tyre place and ask their view on it. The tyres were on the car when I bought it so no idea if it's been repaired before.
Soldato
Yeah I'd agree. I noticed something similar on my Dad's SUV which has a wide gap between arch and tyre. When in the sun, the wheel arch puts the top of the tyre into the shadow of the arch, and the tyre wall is in the sun. The cracking (albeit slight on my Dad's motor) is on that line between the shade and full sun and obviously you can't put tyre dressing that high up onto the start of the tread block.
I had a new pair of CrossClimate+ fitted as ATS had a free fitting offer on taking them down to a very reasonable price.
Got 35k from the old ones (rotated every 6 months approx). Will get new rears for Xmas ready for any snow, but that’s very good mileage I think for a tyre which has given good traction throughout its life.
Find them excellent in all weathers and cornering/feel to be good in the wet and confidence inspiring. This is comparing like for like with the factory fitted tyre options (185-55-15) on the fiat 500. Goodyear, Bridgestone and Continental. Goodyear didn’t have long enough to comment properly but they felt good, Bridgestone weren’t amazing felt more mid range in all aspects, Continental wore out a lot faster (20k) and the wet cornering grip was terrible.
Got 35k from the old ones (rotated every 6 months approx). Will get new rears for Xmas ready for any snow, but that’s very good mileage I think for a tyre which has given good traction throughout its life.
Find them excellent in all weathers and cornering/feel to be good in the wet and confidence inspiring. This is comparing like for like with the factory fitted tyre options (185-55-15) on the fiat 500. Goodyear, Bridgestone and Continental. Goodyear didn’t have long enough to comment properly but they felt good, Bridgestone weren’t amazing felt more mid range in all aspects, Continental wore out a lot faster (20k) and the wet cornering grip was terrible.