what have you done to your car today ?

[Alexis27]

Yeah. I've just come to the conclusion that life's too short

 

[bruceR]

At least with my new tyres, when the fronts lose toi much tread. I can just buy 2, and put the rears on the front. Which I presume you have done

I tend to find that when the fronts wear down the rears are still good, so I replace the fronts at one stage then when they need replaced again that’s when I do all 4. Worked like this the past four times


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[mty12345]

The problem with that is that you're always driving with a period of uneven treads. And you have to make twice as many visits to the tyre shop.

It's easier to just buy 4 every time and chuck the half worn ones away.

I probably get through 4 or 5 sets of fronts for every set of rears. As long as the tread is the same on the each axle i'm cool with it. Never had an issue and at £130 a tyre it soon adds up.

 

[Nam-uk]

What tyres does everyone use? I'm wanting all weather ones, and am wanting to know if anyone has any idea which would be best. If not what are best for the winter and the summer. And I'll buy another set of wheels for each set of tyres. I'm also trying to find some decent seat covers

Goodyear F1 AS6 never thought they would be better than the last AS2 i had, worth checking national tyres for deals as they are owned by Halfords as thats wear i got mine replaced

 

[Nam-uk]

I feel your pain. I still have £400 on the credit card from January. Had 4x Michelin PS5s fitted, but got £70 off and a £50 Amazon voucher.

This was at ATS (owned by Michelin). Normally I hate chains, but amazingly the slow loss of air I used to get on the rear left has been solved. I've been living with it for 5 years and had umpteen places refit various tyres on that corner with no success. ATS seem to use proper white tyre paste which has finally sealed it (took a lot of scrubbing to get it off the alloys).

Michelin Tigre is the stuff going off a Google search.

normally the air loss is inner wheel rim rust that the fitter has not removed before adding paste .. as ive had that a few times

 

[Alexis27]

Scratching my head

 

[MoToJoJo]

That'll be your steering arm boot, the driveshaft one will be in the middle of the wheel

 

[sol_j]

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Scratching my head

i recommend j&r for decent quality stuff if you are on a budget. Last year I had the same thing on my mot but it ended up being both driveshafts being cooked. It cost me £90 for both sides

 

[nd-photo.nl]

This should help with visualization

 

[Alexis27]

Feeling silly 🫢

One inner looks fine, the other maybe a small weep?

 

[nd-photo.nl]

Jep second picture on the left/inner side. Thats definitely grease. Once enough grease has escaped, its a matter of time until the CV joint is damaged enough

 

[MoToJoJo]

Ehh, these things happen. But yeah, that's gone. Not too bad a job to DIY, something to take a weekend at the most

 

[Alexis27]

Not a problem. Needs to go for an oil change soon. I've hit 110,000 miles.

 

[Battoussai]

Feeling silly 🫢

One inner looks fine, the other maybe a small weep?

Shouldn't be a metal zip tie there?

 

[iammooks]

I'll jump on every thread where the tyre question comes up to tell people not to run Pirellis. I had them on my car when I was doing miles and they lasted something between 6-8,000 miles. Michelin PS4s lasted 12,000.

I'm running Bridgestone at the moment and they've been absolutely fine. Grippy enough for everyday use and last well too. The spare is Bridgestone too, so I think that's what came on the car new.


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[Nam-uk]

Shouldn't be a metal zip tie there?
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yep

 

[Manic172]

I'll jump on every thread where the tyre question comes up to tell people not to run Pirellis. I had them on my car when I was doing miles and they lasted something between 6-8,000 miles. Michelin PS4s lasted 12,000.

I'm running Bridgestone at the moment and they've been absolutely fine. Grippy enough for everyday use and last well too. The spare is Bridgestone too, so I think that's what came on the car new.


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Along the same thoughts. If any one has ever watched banger racing. I used to race some years ago. You would have noticed that most if not all run tyre gators. Basically is the side wall of another tyre put on after the normal tyre. So it's a sort of flap . So you have a bit more protection from buggering your tyres on the car.
Any way used to sit there and when mounting tyres for racing with inner tubes . I used to cut the side walls out of some old wheels to use as gators.
Bridgestone, pirelli, mitcheline all have really thin side walls. Also as they are typicly a summer dry weather tyre they are softer compound to make them have better traction. But softer compound wears out quicker.
Harder compounds less grip but last longer. So it's all about budget and ballance.
But they way I look at it is.. how much you spend on wizzy engine. Turbo the size of a dustbin. Your 22inch spinners. Full leather reclining recaros and diamond studded roof lining more stereo than curry's.... the only part of your car to touch the ground is the tyres.... don't go budget in the wrong place.

 

[Manic172]

well that was longer than I thought...

 

[Alexis27]

yep View attachment 47419

It is metal. It's just the grime on it and the camera flash making it look like matt plastic

 

[ExiledWeegie]

MOT passed today with no advisories very happy with that, nearly 22 years old and still going strong.