Replacement tyres

[T1 Terry]

Just an update on the Yokohama Advan Sports V107's fitted recently.

I do not do any extreme driving but do like to take corners at speed which are safely within the capability of the vehicle, leaving some reserve.

The grip cornering and braking seem to be slightly superior to the original Bridgestones.
The road noise is just a tad louder, but this could be my imagination. Reviews did say the V108 EV are quieter than the V107.
Economy also seems slightly better, but have not done any data. The energy level seems slightly less than it did for similar trips before, but once again could be imagination.
Have not had the chance to try them in real wet conditions yet, just light rain which does not really test the drainage.
Wear is yet to be seen, as the Yoko's have deeper tread then the Bridgestones and the majority of their use was by the original owner.

So far the Yoko's seem very good.

Thank you for the warning, the wife already knows the break away point for the Bridgestones, just past the point where my knuckles start to fail as I bury my fingernails into the dash .....

T1 Terry

 

[Cabansail]

Your wife sounds like a lot of fun!

 

[T1 Terry]

Your wife sounds like a lot of fun!

Still living life on the edge, it's just on the edge of requiring clean undies and being the first one at the scene of the accident ..... but wouldn't trade her for the world, kissed a lot of trolls before I found my princess ..... just hoping not to go out the way Dianna did .... but in an MG instead of a Mercedes ......

T1 Terry

 

[APMG]

Seems my backs are now down 2.9 and the newer fronts sitting about 4.6. They do wear more than typical tyres due to the weight and torque one will presume.

 

[Jamesrr]

Seems my backs are now down 2.9 and the newer fronts sitting about 4.6. They do wear more than typical tyres due to the weight and torque one will presume.

Sort of...

The back tyres will wear more than the fronts primarily due to regen braking (and RWD).

Regen also why you'll find you won't be replacing brake pads (or disks!) as often as you used to.

Swapping the front and back tyres every 10k kilometres or so (7k miles) will even out the wear.

 

[Logan T]

Sort of...

The back tyres will wear more than the fronts primarily due to regen braking.

Also why you'll find you won't be replacing brake pads (or disks!) as often as you used to.

Swapping the front and back tyres every 10k kilometres or so (7k miles) will even out the wear.

And it's rear wheel drive...

 

[RayFWI]

"Swapping the front and back tyres every 10k kilometres or so (7k miles) will even out the wear."

in such case don't forget TPMS inversion (rear/front)

 

[Jamesrr]

"Swapping the front and back tyres every 10k kilometres or so (7k miles) will even out the wear."

in such case don't forget TPMS inversion (rear/front)

I had in mind that it "magically" sorted itself out after a few km's or maybe that's just the pressure

 

[T1 Terry]

I had in mind that it "magically" sorted itself out after a few km's or maybe that's just the pressure

If the tyre sensor says there is an issue, wouldn't you do all the tyres anyway?
The tyre swap is direct front to back on the same side anyway, I was just a bit nervous about doing that on our 51 in case the tyres got confused, the back ones now turning corners and the front going straight ahead .... and I'm not sure tyres with reduced tread would be a good thing with the wife driving

It would present a real challenge to colour match the paint, Urban grunge grey isn't listed as an MG colour ..... maybe they'd give it a wash and polish to see what the original colour was .....


T1 Terry

 

[ReintjeWA]

Notmally you would cross the front as they go back (so RHF becomes LHR) then the backs go straight back up. Unless you have directional tyres.

It seems that at least the Aussie MG4s relearn which sensor goes where, but the UK and /or European one do not.

I’m waiting on a call to bring the car round to the tyre shop for some new rims and rubber, so I’ll find out for myself what happens with the sensors I guess. But anecdotal evidence from Australian owners makes me think she’ll be right.

 

[T1 Terry]

Notmally you would cross the front as they go back (so RHF becomes LHR) then the backs go straight back up. Unless you have directional tyres.

It seems that at least the Aussie MG4s relearn which sensor goes where, but the UK and /or European one do not.

I’m waiting on a call to bring the car round to the tyre shop for some new rims and rubber, so I’ll find out for myself what happens with the sensors I guess. But anecdotal evidence from Australian owners makes me think she’ll be right.

Back in the days of rag tyres, the swap was left front to right rear, right front to left rear .... or the worst worn tyre became the spare and the tyres were shuffled around to suit.
When steel belted tyres became available, there were many instances of tyres failing after a tyre rotation.
So around 40 yrs ago, the tyre rotation was changed from front to rear on the same side.
This also addressed any issues with performance tyres being used that are directional from the factory, reversing their direction can make them lose grip and not pump water out of the tread in the wet.
As having a spare tyre is a thing of the past, if you have one tyre worn more than the other on either the front or the back, both tyres should be replaced and fitted to the rear, if it is the rear tyres being replace, fit the used rear tyres to the front.
This way, when the front tyres need replacing, you will fit the new tyres to the rear and move the rear tyres to the front, that way the tyres always get rotated between the drive position and the steer position ....

Then you get tyre mobs offering special deals where you by 3 tyres and the 4th tyre is free, just to throw a spanner in the works

T1 Terry

 

[ReintjeWA]

Back in the days of rag tyres, the swap was left front to right rear, right front to left rear .... or the worst worn tyre became the spare and the tyres were shuffled around to suit.
When steel belted tyres became available, there were many instances of tyres failing after a tyre rotation.
So around 40 yrs ago, the tyre rotation was changed from front to rear on the same side.
This also addressed any issues with performance tyres being used that are directional from the factory, reversing their direction can make them lose grip and not pump water out of the tread in the wet.
As having a spare tyre is a thing of the past, if you have one tyre worn more than the other on either the front or the back, both tyres should be replaced and fitted to the rear, if it is the rear tyres being replace, fit the used rear tyres to the front.
This way, when the front tyres need replacing, you will fit the new tyres to the rear and move the rear tyres to the front, that way the tyres always get rotated between the drive position and the steer position ....

Then you get tyre mobs offering special deals where you by 3 tyres and the 4th tyre is free, just to throw a spanner in the works

T1 Terry

That's almost all opposite to what we did a few years ago when I sold tyres. New ones tend to end up on the front (as most cars are front wheel drive), and we always crossed them back.

To be fair, seems like it doesn't really matter much according to their website;

The Importance of Tyre Rotation | Tyrepower

Book a tyre rotation with Tyrepower. Our tyre rotation service will ensure more even tyre wear & better fuel efficiency, so you can go the extra mile.

www.tyrepower.com.au

 

[T1 Terry]

That's almost all opposite to what we did a few years ago when I sold tyres. New ones tend to end up on the front (as most cars are front wheel drive), and we always crossed them back.

To be fair, seems like it doesn't really matter much according to their website;

The Importance of Tyre Rotation | Tyrepower

Book a tyre rotation with Tyrepower. Our tyre rotation service will ensure more even tyre wear & better fuel efficiency, so you can go the extra mile.

www.tyrepower.com.au

Maybe they have improved car tyre manufacturing, 50 yrs in the trade makes it hard to change a habit that you spent your working yrs drumming into apprentices.
Even found this problem with truck tyres when they went to tubeless radial tyres, change the direction of rotation and it almost guaranteed it would throw the tread and destroy the case before it wore out enough to get Bandag capped and used as a trailer tyre .....
My policy was, mark the tyre rotation direction in chalk on the tyre side wall so you could double check before you sent it back out on the road ....
When you are moving steer tyres to dual rear drive, it's real easy to get mixed up which way it should be rotating, both the tyres off the drive as to which side on the steer and the steer tyres as which one is the inner and which is the outer ....
Serious stuff when looking after a yard with 27 passenger service buses, 16 school buses and 6 tour buses when I was in Tassie, the same when working for Wentworthville Bus Service, I think there were 80 something buses there, but they had three workers devoted to just looking after the tyres ......
Metal Transport Industries, Road Master Haulage and the few at Taylor Railtrack, all had specialty steer tyres, so there was no swapping them front to drive, The drive would shred then in no time but they were still ok as trailer tyres

T1 Terry

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