Tyre wear

JK8 said:
More weight on front tyres?
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Driving any car on painted or tiled surface (Airport garage) clearly IMHO prove the fact. The sharp noise the front tyre’s make whenever you turn. There is a lot of sideway friction over the tyre surface during a turn. The vehicle still wants to move forward while the wheel steering guides it to turn. The heavier the vehicle the worse it gets.
 
Kloon said:
I always put new tyres on front, and move them from ones to back. Ever seen what can happen if front wheel bursts?
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Contrary to popular belief ( and fek no, I can't back it up with links...) it is much more dangerous for a rear-wheel to go poop (no matter which wheels are driven) than for a fron wheel to go poop, especially when iot happens in a corner. Maybe somebody else has some reputable info?

With regards to what wears faster, I believe it would depend 100% on vehicle, tyre, and driving style. There is no hard and fast rule.

BUT, I have been wrong about a lot of sh8t..
 
well... i can't imagine why it would be more dangerous for a rear wheel to pop. the front wheels depict where the car is going, they also are always biased for braking over the rears. if a rear popped , the worse it could do would be "drag" the back of the car( unless you put foot in a rear wheel drive car but that would be driver idiot).
 
bboy said:
And how exactly do you deduce this?
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Tires on average lasts 5 years. So if yours is only lasts a year it says something about your driving. You also mentioned you sometimes let the rear tyres rip it up.
 
Exactly, it drags he rear of the car, and the *average* driver doesn't know how ( or doesn't have the reflexes) to counter for this manouver. I just remenber it vaguely from an andvanced driving course, but don't have anything concrete to base it on. Anybody?
 
Amida said:
Tires on average lasts 5 years. So if yours is only lasts a year it says something about your driving. You also mentioned you sometimes let the rear tyres rip it up.
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Well i'm 30 years old and i not driving some hyped up citi golf, so no, im not a boy racer. The tyres just wear due to the car i'm driving, common complaint of owners. I let the rears light up occasionaly when i want to get the back end of the car out, i don't have a skidpan in my own garden so i hardly get the oppurtunity to learn the car when its in that situation. There are some roads near where i live, 4 lanes with no cars in the evening.
 
simp said:
Exactly, it drags he rear of the car, and the *average* driver doesn't know how ( or doesn't have the reflexes) to counter for this manouver. I just remenber it vaguely from an andvanced driving course, but don't have anything concrete to base it on. Anybody?
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Well i've had a rear blow out, on a front wheel drive car, it hardly effected it you could just hear it.
 
bboy said:
i've got a rear wheel drive car, 18's all around and my fronts are finished and the back look brand new still, and its from cornering! over 200kw on the engine and i do let the rears rip it up on occasion but the front still wore first. 1 years use
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Out of interest, what car do you have?
 
Amida said:
Tires on average lasts 5 years. So if yours is only lasts a year it says something about your driving. You also mentioned you sometimes let the rear tyres rip it up.
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Person A drives 50,000km per year and person B drives 5,000 km per year. You reckon both of the them gonna get to 5 years with their tires in the same condition?

No ways you can say on average a tire lasts 5 years. It has nothing to do with time, but rather with mileage.
 
Amida, they mean 5 years, as-in, after 5 years they start to crack and stuff from the sun/weather. of course if a person drives more they won't last 5 years.

simple really....
 
Ok then we have to ask the bboy how much mileage has he done. As far as I know tires last around 70 000 km. That's a lot of driving for 1 year.
 
70000 km is probably possible, but our road surfaces are far from ideal. I've done 40000 km with my SEAT, and will probably have to replace the front set in the next 5000 km. Rear set are still fine.
 
Amida said:
Ok then we have to ask the bboy how much mileage has he done. As far as I know tires last around 70 000 km. That's a lot of driving for 1 year.
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70 000 km on a 920kg golf maybe.
Bigger cars with different configurations will go through tyres much easier. My fronts only last about 24 000 km, rears were worn last time at 24 000 but i only had to change them cause one got damaged. This on my 350z, on the bmw 323, 33 000 km and finished
 
Tyres have a wear code on them, soft compound tyres will wear out faster but will give a better ride. Michellin, Pirellis, Toyo and Contis are soft compound tyres, Nankang can give you upto 70 000km...

I forget how you grade the rubber compound....
 
pirellis, i've found, last quite long - soft compound or not, lol...

bridgestones, tend to go pretty quick though....
 
Well i've chewed up a set of bridgestones and nankangs, 25 000 km each max
 
hhhm, on my car (328i E36) i was very happy with bridgestones in terms of both grip and mileage. Pirellis on the other hand were atrocious in terms of mileage. I still have the stock 15" mags on the car and unfortunatly Bridgestone doesnt make my favorite tyre (Potenza GIII) any more, and the Turanza's are cr@p. Have been driving on Dunlop SP Sport 7000D and the grip esp in the wet is definitly not up to scratch, but there are not really many good tyres in 15" any more...
 
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