sharing the wear

[Michael B]

When leaving some lorry tyres in yesterday for repair the tyre man quoted me £65 a pop for some 'special' bridgestones, didn't get a look at them though..

 

[JonoUK]

He said Toyo extreme? about £115 a time. Life betwee 5K-9k.

Seems pretty damn poor, no?

 

[Zooneycat]

I have Dunlop 9000 SP's on my FR. I had to change one of them on Saturday, after clipping a curb (trying to avoid old biddy driving down middle of road!). Fortunately, the huge rim protectors on them meant that the alloy was unscathed. Better to fork out £115 on a new tyre, than a new rim, as well as the tyre!

 

[Xe]

When you say "rim protector" are you meaning part of the rubber tyre that protrudes slightly?

 

[Zooneycat]

Yeah. It works, didn't realise they had them on there, but after clipping the curb the other day, and putting a carbuncle on my tyre, I know they damn well work! I just have a rubber scuff mark on the rim.

 

[JonoUK]

HMmm do any other tyres in the 18" flavour come with rim protectors? I meant to check the Bridgestones(?) on the FR TDI, but I forgot.

 

[mode]

Bridgestone potenza do.

 

[AR-CoolC]

Bridgestone potenza do.

The Continentals I have on also have the rim protector (but not as big as the Brigestone one)

 

[johnvx220]

Found the Toyo site

http://www.toyo.co.uk/productdetail.php?identity=products&product_id=2

 

[victor_meldrew]

Came a bit late to this thread after a search ...

I was shocked to find this week that my Leon FR TDi fronts have worn out ( down to the wear indicator ) after 18000 miles - this seems horrendous after my VRs Octy last year - I thought - is it me ? my driving style ? soft tyres ? problem with car ..?? Its mostly motorway and A road driving

I now see that it is a feature of the Leon FR to wear quickly , so at least its not me ! And the wear pattern - in the middle , not at the edges ?! Strange ! I have checked the tyre pressures regularly , and they seem to be OK by the book ..

Any recomendations for a harder wearing tyre ?

 

[mode]

Think Iam going to go through wheeels before the tyres wear out anyone buying tyres BUY ONES WITH RIM PROTECTORS

 

[the old man]

anybody tried Toyo Proxes T1R on FR tdi yet. I had them on my last car and they were brilliant. The Bridgestones on my FR TDI are not as good as the Toyos. I have the 17" as I go for performance and grip/ handling I personally thought the 18s compromised handling but perhaps it was sidewall rigidity (too much) I have noticed my 17" bridgestones are a bit round shouldered after under 2K miles. I tend to be a fast smooth driver knacker the tyres after a short mileage but brakes last well and fuel consumption over40mpg

 

[Michael B]

Came a bit late to this thread after a search ...

I was shocked to find this week that my Leon FR TDi fronts have worn out ( down to the wear indicator ) after 18000 miles - this seems horrendous after my VRs Octy last year - I thought - is it me ? my driving style ? soft tyres ? problem with car ..?? Its mostly motorway and A road driving

I now see that it is a feature of the Leon FR to wear quickly , so at least its not me ! And the wear pattern - in the middle , not at the edges ?! Strange ! I have checked the tyre pressures regularly , and they seem to be OK by the book ..

Any recomendations for a harder wearing tyre ?

^18000 miles.. My Pzeros have been wearing so bad I will be happy if they make 10,000 miles lol!!!!