Yep best tyres on the rear
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If the backs are barely legal, replace them first. Then look at doing the ditch finders.
Just ordered a set of Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 to replace the Pilot Sport 4 S on my Kia. Hoping they perform decent enough reviews are good so should do the job. Decent price too from Halfords and they come to me which is a bonus.
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I had brand new Linglongs fitted on the front of my Mondeo when I bought the car last year. They were rubbish and they skidded slightly in damp conditions when I accelerated harder, couldn't handle the diesel torque.
I got rid of them despite only doing 3k miles on. As suggested above please replace them with better tyres once the rears are done. I had RoadXs on the rear and just like yours they were getting close to being worn out.
Usually a full set will help with more discount if you can.
Got the pilot 5 on yesterday at the rear and they sure do have a nice sidewallI had brand new Linglongs fitted on the front of my Mondeo when I bought the car last year. They were rubbish and they skidded slightly in damp conditions when I accelerated harder, couldn't handle the diesel torque.
I got rid of them despite only doing 3k miles on. As suggested above please replace them with better tyres once the rears are done. I had RoadXs on the rear and just like yours they were getting close to being worn out.
Usually a full set will help with more discount if you can.
Hopefully in the next couple of months I can get the fronts changed out and alloys refurbed.
Completed the cashback claim yesterday so hopefully will be getting 40quid back soon.
Don't expect it too soon. Took them 6 days to email me saying my claim was approved and that I'd be paid within 28 days. That was 16 days ago so looks like they're going to take all of that time.
Unless you have the cracking issue described above!
Sadly seems to be a problem beyond just Goodyear recently. I've seen Bridgestone and Pirelli with the same kind of premature cracking. (Though the Bridgestones tend to be around the blocks rather than sidewall).
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It's almost like premature perishing of the rubber, the kind of thing you'd only expect after like ten years, not just a few. Wonder what's causing it.
The Michelin pilot sports on my Ioniq 5 had it too after 4 years.
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Add Michelin to that list. The 3 year old Super Sports on my front wheels are getting close to needing replacing because of the cracking, even with a good 3-4mm left.
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Take it as a blessing. Super Sports are ass. Trying to speed up the process drifting every where but they seem to last quite well!
edit- I remembered I had these on my A6 10 years ago and they wore very well.
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Eagle F1 AS6 fitted today. They seem ok so far definitely a little softer than the PS4S and a little bit more noise as they have no foams but perform very well. Seem to handle the power ok with a little less slip than the PS4S. Have to see how they go over the next few months but so far all good.
They smell nice too can’t beat new tyre smell… lol
They smell nice too can’t beat new tyre smell… lol
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@victormichal that £210.98 price was from a post from 13 years ago, so only a £20 difference since then is very surprising.
Got the SC7 fitted today and asked them to swap the rear / front wheels so the SC6 are on the front and the new SC7 are on the rear. Since I managed to get the originals to 2mm in 4.2k and 1k of that was running the car in I think I can get the SC6 down from 5mm to 3mm relatively quickly, then I will get SC7 fitted on the front whilst the rears are still relatively new!
Crossposting from the BMW thread.
BMW Approved 8,000-mile 2024 BMW X5 I'm interested in has 4 different manufacture dates on the tyres, which is a bit odd, but 1 of them is a newer version of the Pirelli PZ4.
It's got 3x PZ4 *1 and one PZ4 II*
It looks like this, but on the front axle. The tread patterns (and I assume wear rates) are not the same. The dealer doesn't seem to bothered as they're all star-marked PZ4s, but I've never been a fan of non-matching tyres across an axle..
https://i.~ibb.co~/nM2L0zxZ/71cb3547-da9f-4e6b-9220-3c6b122c50ed.png
BMW Approved 8,000-mile 2024 BMW X5 I'm interested in has 4 different manufacture dates on the tyres, which is a bit odd, but 1 of them is a newer version of the Pirelli PZ4.
It's got 3x PZ4 *1 and one PZ4 II*
It looks like this, but on the front axle. The tread patterns (and I assume wear rates) are not the same. The dealer doesn't seem to bothered as they're all star-marked PZ4s, but I've never been a fan of non-matching tyres across an axle..
https://i.~ibb.co~/nM2L0zxZ/71cb3547-da9f-4e6b-9220-3c6b122c50ed.png