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Offline Hawaii-Five-O

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When do 'you' change tyres?
« on: 11 April 2016, 14:00 »
Just after some advice tyre wise.

I'm approaching 30,000 miles on the original OEM rear tyres (Continental Sport Contact 2 still with 4mm left which is pretty impressive). Fronts are fine for now (Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 with 4.5mm left).

My question is: At what depth do you guys feel you should change tyres?

The reason I ask is that I had the back end go a few weeks back on a fairy tight bend, going downhill, in damp greasy conditions. Was nudging 40 mph which was a tad too fast on the approach to the bend and taking into account the conditions. Shook me up and I've lost a bit of confidence to push my GTI hard again.

Would a new set of rears ease my mind? Or should I just man up and admit I was going too fast and my GTI isn't infallible  :wink:
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Re: When do 'you' change tyres?
« Reply #1 on: 11 April 2016, 14:18 »
Quote from: Hawaii-Five-O on 11 April 2016, 14:00
Just after some advice tyre wise.

I'm approaching 30,000 miles on the original OEM rear tyres (Continental Sport Contact 2 still with 4mm left which is pretty impressive). Fronts are fine for now (Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 with 4.5mm left).

My question is: At what depth do you guys feel you should change tyres?

The reason I ask is that I had the back end go a few weeks back on a fairy tight bend, going downhill, in damp greasy conditions. Was nudging 40 mph which was a tad too fast on the approach to the bend and taking into account the conditions. Shook me up and I've lost a bit of confidence to push my GTI hard again.

Would a new set of rears ease my mind? Or should I just man up and admit I was going too fast and my GTI isn't infallible  :wink:
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Offline golfhappy

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Re: When do 'you' change tyres?
« Reply #2 on: 11 April 2016, 14:20 »
First of all with that mileage on them when you take them off frame them!

Usually when the tyre gets down to its wear indicator you'll start to fell them snaking on the white lines, ridges on the road good clue that their times up!
Poor tread depth especially in the wet your running the risk of aqua planning, not an nice experience!

I put 2 on the front today. Bargain £100 all in. The pattern looks good! the name on the side wall looks as if it's been made in some distant Chinese district. They have the sure footedness of a " mountain goat" bonus.
The boy did say not to use them in the wet as they have a strange rubber compound...melted down wellie boots dipped in diesel he said under his breath... :cry:
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Re: When do 'you' change tyres?
« Reply #3 on: 11 April 2016, 14:21 »
You appear to know the answer! But if you are going to blame the tyres, why not stick the fronts on the back and get matching new ones for the front? Personally I'd go down to about 3mm but the way I drive rarely tests the car's grip.
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Re: When do 'you' change tyres?
« Reply #4 on: 11 April 2016, 15:16 »
Using ContiSport 5 on a GTI PP I change them at 3mm if it's Autumn onwards (there's a Summer TWI) as their grip lessens in colder temps at <3mm.  Just did this 2 months ago and the difference of fronts at 3mm vs new fronts was quite noticeable.
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Re: When do 'you' change tyres?
« Reply #5 on: 11 April 2016, 18:31 »
Change mine when they get to 3mm.
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Re: When do 'you' change tyres?
« Reply #6 on: 11 April 2016, 18:36 »
I change when I see the metal bands due to uneven where due to my tracking being out
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Re: When do 'you' change tyres?
« Reply #7 on: 11 April 2016, 18:47 »
Must change my oem rears at some point soon - 9 years later!
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Offline Bungleaio

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Re: When do 'you' change tyres?
« Reply #8 on: 11 April 2016, 19:32 »
I rotate my tyres every 5000 miles so that they wear pretty evenly then change all four at the same time when they get to 3mm.
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Offline ajmoir36

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Re: When do 'you' change tyres?
« Reply #9 on: 11 April 2016, 21:27 »
Pretty much 2 to 1.6mm
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