Tyres - what did you get?

[MGV]

Always good to have a guage handy, these are at the tool section in Bunnings for ~$15 :

[TobyJ82]

Handy indeed, but doesn't tell you what to put in them!

[Sharka_GTI]

Hey guys,

My dad has the 2010 Tiguan 103TDI with the 18" New York Alloys.

The tyres they need are: 235/40/18

He does ALOT of country driving with dirt roads being a common occurrence on weekends, and during the week it is on normal suburban roads/freeways.

I was trying to stick to tyres from:

Continental
Michelin
Good Year
Pirelli

What do people recommend here?

[team_v]

Hey guys,

My dad has the 2010 Tiguan 103TDI with the 18" New York Alloys.

The tyres they need are: 235/40/18

He does ALOT of country driving with dirt roads being a common occurrence on weekends, and during the week it is on normal suburban roads/freeways.

I was trying to stick to tyres from:

Continental
Michelin
Good Year
Pirelli

What do people recommend here?

Pirelli or good year.
I think pirelli scorpions can be had in that size.

[MGV]

Hey team_v, with all this track work you've been doing lately, how are the Kumho's holding up? Yeah, i know it has probably only amounted to a few hundred km's, but are they wearing ok & would you get them again?

[team_v]

Hey team_v, with all this track work you've been doing lately, how are the Kumho's holding up? Yeah, i know it has probably only amounted to a few hundred km's, but are they wearing ok & would you get them again?

I think i will get 25000km out of them.
Having said that they get a pretty harsh life from me.

I would get them again as they are a competent tyre for the reasonable price.
I was looking at semi slicks but it's not worth it for the limited time i do.

[HaywireTig]

Yay!!! Tyres are in!!!! Got the Continental ExtremeContact DW in 255/40ZR19, 100Y from TireRack!!! Arrived yesterday and the new wheels are on!! Feels pretty good so far but had not done any highway driving yet.

I was asked by the Bob Jane guy if I had checked whether the tyres are made to 'Australia Standard'. I asked him what he meant. He said some customers ordered thru TireRack as well and some experienced shaking during higher speeds and he said some ppl do, some ppl don't. N he said "you'll see!" and smiled. Don't really liked the sound of it tho.

But here's some photos!!! We all like photos!

[team_v]

It could be that some people get older tyres (on sale, super cheap) but i doubt they make them to different standards for different markets.

Tyres look fat, tread pattern isn't too agressive which i find a little odd but the offset needs another 5mm outwards

[aussietig]

What's the DOT on your tyres and are they all the same?

Definitely got good treadwear though. So unfortunately will be stuck with them for a while, if they don't live up to the part. :p

[HaywireTig]

Yea wanted a little fat looking tires, hence that 255 choice. Yea the tread pattern is not as aggressive as I thot. But ok anyways. Tread wear's 340... Yea. Not sure how they'll be like being pushed but we will see. ) I wanted something a little long lasting anyway.

What's DOT?

[brad]

DOT stands for department of transport. It's the US body. I have no idea what Aussietig is asking you.

I'd be more interested in seeing if the manufacture dates are within a few months of each other.

re: the Bob jane guys comments. He's trying to put the wind up ya. No tyre shop likes fitting tyres bought elsewhere - we used to refuse to fit tyres we hadn't sourced as it p!ssed us off so much that we'd lost a sale (we used to sell at $1 profit just to deny our competitors a sale). If you do get vibrations then I'd be wondering if he actually balanced them properly.

[HaywireTig]

Gave the tyres some highway runs today between 80-140kmph, no shaking whatsoever and they feel good going round bends and round abouts. Liking them!! Pretty quiet too!

Next is to test em in the wet..

[aussietig]

DOT stands for department of transport. It's the US body. I have no idea what Aussietig is asking you.

I'd be more interested in seeing if the manufacture dates are within a few months of each other.

Yes fellas ... DOT is the 4 digit number on the sidewall that gives away the production date (i.e. age) of the tyre.

So 'Date On Tyre' or 'Date Of Tyre' ... whichever floats your boat!


By way of example, here's a pic of a tyre on the car I would be driving right now if I was shooting blanks.



The DOT on the tyre is 1107.

First two digits represents the week number in the calendar year and last two the year itself.

If you speak to any so called tyre expert, they'll say keep away from any tyres aged 2 years or more.

This often explains why some normally expensive tyres sell at bargain prices occasionally.

[MGV]

Dan!! Don't ask what 'shooting blanks' is! You don't need to know!

[aussietig]

Dan!! Don't ask what 'shooting blanks' is! You don't need to know!

No ... bring it on!

Scouring through my video clip library right now!