Eagle F1 asymmetric wear rate

[AdeG]

I am considering getting some Eagle F1 asymmetric tyres for my TDI FR after seeing some great reviews.

I noticed though on a review by a Leon TDI FR driver that they only got 6000 miles out of them. Just wondered what other drivers have got out of these tyres.

By the sounds of it they are quite soft tyres giving the extra grip but with a front heavy, front wheel drive car, they are not going to be the longest lasting.

 

[225]

Should be longer than that i'd say unless there is alot of heavy right foot and round abouts.

 

[LEE69]

I'm over 8k on the fronts up to now, quite a few mm away from the wear bars too.

 

[UncleFester]

Hehe that 6k might have been me and i live in Milton Keynes ..... it's a great tyre but it's a stupidly soft compound and if you're a bit of an animal on the wheel and brakes they will NOT last. Mine were pretty much all done by 4k miles and the last 2k was careful driving before going back to Falkens. Falkens have done almost 10k of very similar driving and they're only just starting to fade off.

 

[Willie]

Fester are you sure your ones were XL and not the Chinese editions?
You seem to be the only one ripping through these and if you only have fitted one set you could have had a duff set.
Got a friend with a 360 BHP 330 ft-lbs MK2 Leon cupra and hes very throttle happy, hes getting way more than that on his first set even after two 1/4 mile drag days with the above power levels

 

[UncleFester]

Fester are you sure your ones were XL and not the Chinese editions?
You seem to be the only one ripping through these and if you only have fitted one set you could have had a duff set.
Got a friend with a 360 BHP 330 ft-lbs MK2 Leon cupra and hes very throttle happy, hes getting way more than that on his first set even after two 1/4 mile drag days with the above power levels

First set i had was the original F1 and they were sticky but soft and disappeared quickly, I was then tempted back from Falkens to try the new Assymetric versions which I bought from a local tyres place, definitely not cheapo imports - i suspect it's the roundabouts here and they DO stick well, never had any complaints about grip ...... it's just the wear rate that put me off. Heavy engine, FWD, a shedload of torque and my general driving style doesn't help. Due to the way I drive I've only ever fitted XL rated tyres. Not had any 'cheap' imports as far as I know.

 

[nibbles]

I only managed 6000 from mine aswell and and changed to Falkens (what a big mistake) tha tyre noise is awfull i carnt wait for them to wear down to put F1s back on

 

[AdeG]

Thanks everyone. UncleFester - I think it probably was your comment that I had read. I think I will give them a go and see what happens.

 

[X MA7T]

ive had nearly 9k out of mine and i need new ones, going to try somthing different next time. No complaints, just everyone goes on about proxy tr1`s and a few others. The car came with avon zz3`s and im never going back there!