Vredstein Wintrac Extreme, 255/50/20.

Tyres have covered 10,000 miles since fitting. All of the tyres have worn evenly and still have in excess of 7mm tread depth, however the front outside edges are showing signs of wear and have probably lost another 3mm more than the rest of the treads.

I realise that edge wear is always going to be greater due to scrub and turn in, however before I blow £80 plus on a four-wheel alignment I wanted to get a general feel as to whether this is a normal feature of a 2.7 tonne car?!

How does yours wear?

My Vreds always wore badly on the front outer edges - about an inch into the tread.

I ran Michelins in the summer and they were fine.

2 sets of Vreds did the exact same thing, but it was only the outer edge, so just put them on the back for the next winter.

I've just bought some Winter Contis for the L405 so will see if they fare any better

Thanks, that's exactly what mine are doing.

I'll swap them front to rear.

stoutgoose wrote:

Vredstein Wintrac Extreme, 255/50/20.

I realise that edge wear is always going to be greater due to scrub and turn in, however before I blow £80 plus on a four-wheel alignment I wanted to get a general feel as to whether this is a normal feature of a 2.7 tonne car?!

How does yours wear?

Er, yes. I figured that my driving style was a potential contributor.

I try to avoid braking unless necessary!

High speed cornering on bends would be the root cause................... Regards
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I have 20" Scorpion winters, and they are wearing exactly the same...

Conclusion; Eighty quid saved but need to slow down on corners!

Thanks all!

Braking on the turn will do it, I know this after wearing out some expensive BF Goodrich tyres that way.
I now loose my speed before a turn and drive through, lesson learned

That's one thing I don't do. Destabilising a heavy car mid-corner is a scary thing.

I prefer to lift off the gas early and coast up, then dab the brake to adjust speed prior to turning in, but keeping the speed as high as posssible.

My driving style could also be called 'enthusiastic' but I also try not to change speed through bends.

Must be something to do with tyres / sidewalls though as the Diamaris were fine

20" Contis were also well known for scrub, but the 22's seem OK

I'm going to try 255/55/20 tyres next time.

From what I've read on here, there doesn't seem to be any significant negative issue with them.

Swap them side to side before moving them to the rear.
Does mean demounting and remounting the tyres but will get the wear on both sides then and then stick the pressure in them for a laden vehicle and they will wear in the middle more to even it all out once on the rear  FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
Mantec Sump Guard, Rigid Load liner, MY10 BT upgrade.

most FF tyres are asymmetrical Will, ie they will have the word 'outside ' written on the side wall... ... - .- -.




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Stanley have you mislaid your specs today

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Swap them side to side before moving them to the rear.
Does mean demounting and remounting the tyres but will get the wear on both sides then and then stick the pressure in them for a laden vehicle and they will wear in the middle more to even it all out once on the rear

 FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
Mantec Sump Guard, Rigid Load liner, MY10 BT upgrade.