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LiftedDisco:
Lee

Consensus appears to be roundabouts...

All I will say is that we are near Milton Keynes and our local tyre chap can tell you exactly who works in MK from the frequency of NSF tyres that they have fitted

Nuf said?


Rob

Wireless:
When I ran on Goodyear 205 R16's and Maxxis (spits) 235/70 R 16's, I suffered from NSF tyre wear like this.  The Goodyear's used to last 20-25k and the wider Maxxis and gave 12-18k a tyre, despite rotating the tyres around the Disco.

Since changing to BFG AT 235/70 R16's after the first 6k rotation (including spare) I did not see such wear on the NSF, indeed all the tyres still had the little rubber nodules that you get on a new tyre.  Just checked at 9k and the nodules are still visible.

I'd heard that BFG AT's tend to last upwards of 40k and it seems this is not a myth.

I've settled on 27psi front and 32psi rear, 28 up front was too bouncy for my liking and tended to upset the steering through the worst bumps on bends, giving the impression of 'pattering', and the front drifting/ploughing on through a bend.  32 at the back is about right, although I will vary the rears with different loads for longer journeys.

I've been doing tyre loading calculations and these appear to be consistent with the results from varying the pressures.

Sharpshooter:

--- Quote from: Disco Matt on April 27, 2008, 19:52:36 ---I'd have thought both fronts would wear equally if it was down to excess speed in corners - assuming you do the same commute in both directions then the car will face an equal number of left and right hand bends.


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Not unless he drives on the opposite side of the road on the way home.

My mum has this problem on her 2001 Shogun. Im pretty sure its down to camber and driving style. :)

lee celtic:
I run my tyres a little higher presure as when they are lower it tends to wallow more in high speed corners (too much wall movement) it gives a more comfrotable ride but also makes me more nervous cornering 8-[

Not too worried now  as I've just got three new 235/85 colway muds off ebay, so that with the part worns in the shed should give me another couple of years motoring.. :D

Thanks for the replies :clap:

mentalmoshio sophs V8i:
still some colways about then after they went burst 6 months ago  :doh: keep um in supplys folks

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