just noticed ive got a huge gash out of the sidewall on one of my front tyres fook know how that happened, looks like its been kerbed or hit a pothole or something.

anyway, the tyre is a <2 month old T1-R (and it's on the front so isn't that worn)

now, i dont really fancy replacing BOTH front tyres, especially as theyre new...

can i get away with just replacing the fooked one and leaving the other side as it is? i know people do it all the time, but dunno if its actually wise or not.

like i said above, the tyres have only done about 1-2k and theyre not very worn (only just worn off the coloured lines!) so should i be ok?

 

Should be ok Jim as the other is low milage

 

Put the rears on the front and put the new one and other front on the rear

 

why's that spadge? i woulda thought you'd want the rears to be the same coz theyre the driven wheels?

or am i thinking alone the lines of 4x4 vauxhalls that shit the Xfer boxes out if the tyres have uneven tread?

 

I would have thought that the fronts ought to be the even ones........

 

As Christian says Jim
The fronts are the steered wheels so need to be even

 

okies

i s'pose i can even out the backs with a quick burnout anyway

 

What do you think of them T1-R's, was just wandering as i've just recently done all 4 on mine and wanted another opinion

 

well i cant really give a comparative view, since ive never owned a car with "good" tyres before

i've got the T1-S on the baack and they give GREAT traction in the dry, and almost-great in the wet.

the fronts obviously arent used for accelerating, but under braking the grip better than anything ive experienced before (but then as i say, ive not had good ones before ) even in the wet.

the do seem to wear quite quick tho, the backs are looking rather worn after only about 4 months use but then that might be due to my driving style, i tend to spin the rear wheels whenever possible

ps ive got T1-R on front, T1-S on back just to help aleviate any confusion

 

jesus h christ theyre almost 100quid each from topgear.co.uk

i only paid 50quid each first time around

fookin tyres!

 

I paid 340 fitted for my 4 about 2 weeks ago

 

last set of 4 tyres I bought were a good price at £840

 

yeah but for proxes that well expensive!

 

michellin PS2 255/35/18 - great tyres

 

dont think they'll fit on my 16inch rims tho

 

they will for a bit

 

They want to be for that much money

 

Silly question, but what spare have you got ? If that was new and matched the tyre you need to replace you could always use the partially worn front as a spare from now on.

 

id put the even ones on the back, to ease the life of the diff.

 

my spare wheel is a 15inch escort GTi rim with some shonky 195 tyre on it.

i dont have a spare esccos rim to use as a spare

 

I've got 255/35/r18 tyres aswell, and fook me are they expensive

Got quoted £250 per corner for some decent rubber on my rim

Luckily I have mates rates that are much more reasonable

 

I'm gonna buy meself a nice set of 17's to ride around on durin winter etc, MUCH more practical than havin them elastic bands aorund the 18's. They do look the poodles noodles tho