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Old 3rd March 2018, 06:38 PM
ainarssems ainarssems is offline
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Originally Posted by Markr View Post
Big Al,

How much difference are you seeing in wear between front and rear, as mine are all wearing very evenly, both back to front and left to right - and have done so on all 3 of my 8’s. I have always replaced in 4’s because they all needed it at the same time.

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Mark

It's dependant on driving style. For me front wears 2x as fast as rear, if rear tyres go from 8 to 6mm fronts are down to 4mm. If you swap them round at this point they will be the same again at 2mm ready to replace. Front does most of the braking and steering so it depends a lot on how hard are you braking and steering, if you drive gingerly the difference will be lower or even unnoticeable.

I have also noticed that all my cars wear left side(specially front) tyre faster than right side, I put it down to going round the roundabouts near the limit of grip putting more load on left side.
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