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  1. Tyre wear

    Just wondering how long tyres are lasting on people's formentors. I have the 245 VZ2 which I got on the 1st march and got a puncture the other day. Went to kwikfit and the guy said the puncture wasn't repairable and the tread of the front two tyres was 3mm so said they should be replaced...
  2. uneven LCR Brembo rotor wear

    Ive suspected it for a while bcs during hard braking the right side seems to grab just a little better than the left side. During my Brembo refurb nightmare I noticed the left rotor was almost twice as worn on the inside as the outside as opposed to the right side where it was evenly worn inside...
  3. Tyre Wear ???

    getting a pair of fronts on at the week end as a furbing mine and they only have a bout 2 mm left so may as well do them now just wanted to know do lcr's wear the inside edge? its not bad just the tyre has a bout 1.5 / 2mm left and the inside edge is bald just wanted to know if this is a...
  4. LCR Drivers Seat Excessive Wear

    As the title says my drivers R/H lower support on the seat (bit against your right thigh) is wearing what i believe to be excessively :cry:.The car is an 06 plate LCR with 31k on the clock. I have emailed seat and received the following response: Sorry for the delay in replying, this is...
  5. alexj124

    Excessive wear on rear discs

    Evening guys, My rear discs were replaced probably 6-8 months ago as they were toast! today i had my M.O.T and they failed on the rears again. Now the garage werent conning me the discs were a mess (one worse than the other). The rear pads were still fine and looked pretty new. So what...
  6. GlanzaV

    Brembo's: Inner Pads wear quicker?

    Hey, My GF phoned me up in a panic thinking the car was going to explode, on getting home I took it for a drive and it sounded like the pads were at the metal! squealing as I'm driving. Pulled up, had a look and there looks to be approx 2-3mm on the outer pads? Probably at the point if not...
  7. Upgraded to tt calipers do I get pads with wear sensors

    I've just upgraded my car to tt calipers do I buy pads with or with out wear sensors ?
  8. front tyre wear

    after lowering my car the front tyres are wearing very fast and from the inside. i guess this is the camber but has anyone eles had this problem ? :wtf: cheers
  9. Eagle F1 Wear?

    Hi Guys, I have a an issue which i Would like some advice with. I've owned my Cupra for 6 months now and have so far not needed tyres. Recently I have been hearing vibrations noises coming from the back of the car which I assumed was a wheel bearing. I booked it into a local garage to get it...
  10. Rear tyre wear why

    Hello, sisters diesal fr rear passengers tyre has worn on the inside, what would of caused that to of happened. New tyres put on today so doesnt want that to happen again, thanks
  11. Uneven tyre wear on the inside of the tyre

    I've just recently replaced my summer tyres with my winter ones and I had a look at the summer tyres, to make sure that everything was ok (because I discovered a nail through one of my winter tyres just before i was about to put them on the car) and I've noticed that the tyres had worn out...
  12. Uneven tyre wear

    Hi all, Sorry to be a newbie and come straight on with a problem, I only found the forum while trying to find an answer. I own a '57 Ibiza 1.9tdi FR, that is chewing tyres up on the front. The insides on both tyres are wearing at an alarming rate (a couple of mm in 3 months). This has...
  13. dervpower

    Uneven Tyre wear

    Now i lowered the car around 3000 miles ago. (-45mm) I look at the tyres yesterday as they wee getting low, and the inside on both front sides has been wore down more than the rest. As in now i need new tyres... Apart from new tyres, what else do i need to do? I guess it's just...
  14. EZ Tutty

    Tyre Wear...

    Hey, Ever since i've had my cupra (2 years) i've been replacing my front tyres every 6months or so. This is mainly due to them Wearing heavily on the insides. My car has had several Camber/Tracking Alignments, the wishbones have been poly bushed just before the last tyre change, and...
  15. new springs but bad tyre wear

    My ibiza fr has been lower 40mm but only on springs, but the inner edge on the tyres are really worn, what shall I do??? 4 wheel alignment or what???
  16. Uneven tyre wear

    Uneven tyre wear is a pretty common problem on the mk4. My TDISport130 is no exception - the inside edges of the front tyres are wearing faster than the rest of the tyre, despite having a 4 wheel alignment done when the tyres were fitted. Should I switch the front tyres around to move the...
  17. Leon1P carpet wear

    My 2008 leon fr carpet is bobbling in the rear foot well, has any one else had carpet issues in the new leons ??
  18. CJRamze

    Tyre Wear

    To be fair I didnt check the tyres on this when I got the car. (Well I checked the outsides and middles but not the inner) Looking at these photos however 3 tyres are all fine and have about 3mm of tread left. This tyre however (Drivers side) Looks like its very heavily worn on the inner side...
  19. Uneven Tyre Wear

    hi all, i have a 56 plate ibiza, now the problem i have is im getting abit of tyre wear on the the inside of both front wheels, they are worn in the same place on both wheels. has any body had any similar problems like this? cheers
  20. GREG_R84

    Inside tyre wear

    Had my LCR in at VW today and they picked up that my front tyres were starting to wear on the inside. Im running FK452's at 33psi all round, what could be causing this?
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