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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: P6GTD on 05 August 2020, 16:56
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I have between 3 and 4 mm left all round after 12,000 miles ( rotated after 8,000).
I’m bored today so looking at replacements...either PS4s or Goodyear Eagle AS 5s.
I know the car will feel much better on either but I’m only doing around 500 miles a month just now, so could prob squeeze another few months and stay legal, if not perfect in the wet.
How soon have others replaced their lovely Bridgestones????
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Assuming the 4mm tyres are on the front I'd run them until autumn when they'll be around 3mm then change them.
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Go out and do some smokey burnouts and reverse gear doughnuts, then get some nice new tyres tomorrow.
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I found the bridgestones got very noisy when they wear down.
I'm not sure if your feeling this too, however when I changed them (to MPSS) that was instantly the biggest change no more tyre noise and improved grip of course.
However I'm cheap, so if I know they still have some life I would carry on and change them before winter and the bad weather comes but in the mean time look out for good deals...
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Wear markers....I am tight.
But as said they get so noisy the lower they get.
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Thanks all.
I think the Watts proposal gets my vote 👍
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Thanks all.
I think the Watts proposal gets my vote 👍
:smiley: However dubber's does sound a lot more fun :laugh:
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Watts wins the common sense prize, dubber Simon wins the fun prize and I’ll offer up my personal middle ground solution.
I’m quite demanding and also can be impatient with certain things.
4mm all round throws up a perfect scenario to me.
Bugger suffering those noisy monstrosities any longer than absolutely necessary.
Order in the new Michelins now (their usual cashback offer is on) then shove the Bridgestones on Facebook marketplace or gumtree and probably get at least £20 a corner back on them as they’re a popular size.
You then get your remaining wear paid for and can actually start enjoying your tyres rather than suffering them.
Chop chop, get to it!
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Thanks for these words of wisdom.
I suspect one day soon I will just say “enough prevarication”....or words to that effect and just do it.
That’s the usual drill when I get the itch to change the whole car!!!
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Thanks for these words of wisdom.
I suspect one day soon I will just say “enough prevarication”....or words to that effect and just do it.
That’s the usual drill when I get the itch to change the whole car!!!
Just change the car then for one with new tyres :grin:
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I just replaced mine at 4mm :smiley: and went for GY a5s. Best tyre I ever bought. Do it now OP :whistle:
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I just replaced mine at 4mm :smiley: and went for GY a5s. Best tyre I ever bought. Do it now OP :whistle:
If you’ve just bought them how do you know already it’s the best tyre you’ve ever bought
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Thanks Aparat, appreciate the positive feedback.
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I just replaced mine at 4mm :smiley: and went for GY a5s. Best tyre I ever bought. Do it now OP :whistle:
If you’ve just bought them how do you know already it’s the best tyre you’ve ever bought
It just is from my experience on 2 GTIs I owned. I had BS pirellis and some other brands and from them this one is best overall.
And by just It doesn't mean yesterday. Already done 3000 miles and I know its best from all tyres mentioned above on golf for ME.
Never owned PS4 S so cant say too much about that.
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I changed my Bridgestones at the same time I change any set of tires on any of my my cars. Never let them go down to 1.6 and just change them when the wet performance starts to suffer... co-incidentally though I think that it was around 4mm on my original Bridgestones. For me it depends on time of year. Summer I will run them a little longer as it will be mostly dry and good temperatures and lack of standing water in general... winter, if I get a sense of skittishness at all in the rain I will just change them.
Might be different this time as I am trying to time it to change 4 tyres at the same time in order to get 235 width tyres on to go with the wider wheels. I prefer sidewall to the stretched tyre look but my tyres had a lot of tread when I bought the wider BBS and the 225s were the width most sellers packaged them with. Will see if I can rotate them for even wear so I don't have to get rid of rears with loads of tread.
On my 3 series I used to change the rears at about 6mm. There was a roundabout on the way to work that with the camber and rain caught a lot of people out even at low speeds. I knew to take it carefully so when the traction control light came on there was when I changed my tyres.
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6mm??? :shocked: I thought road tyres came out of the mold with around 8mm. What did you do with your hardly worn tyres? Or was the tyre shop man rubbing his hands at the thought of a set of free tyres to sell on?
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6mm??? :shocked: I thought road tyres came out of the mold with around 8mm. What did you do with your hardly worn tyres? Or was the tyre shop man rubbing his hands at the thought of a set of free tyres to sell on?
You have made me think there and consult a tape measure, I probably wasn't quite to that extreme in hindsight but they never got anywhere near the depth markers that's for sure. At the time I had the BMW I was doing low mileage so changing the tyres wasn't a big deal. Had it 4 years and changed the rears twice... annoyingly the second time was due to a puncture a few weeks before I sold it. Couldn't run the car with uneven tread on the back so put 2 on... So yeah, the local tyre shop probably did love me.
Have had both PS4s and Eagles on the Golf since the Bridgestones and run them a lot nearer to the markers.