New tyres

[swansea v6]

For the first time ever I have just replaced all 4 tyres on a car at the same time, I have usually just replaced one or two as when needed. Now this was last week and ever since the handling has been for lack of a better word crap!!!!

They are not cheap tyres, Yoko's 215/35/18 but the handling was much better on the ditch finders I had previous, so my question is do new tyres take time to bed in?? Or should I go back and have the alignment checked again????

[gj88]

swansea v6 said:

do new tyres take time to bed in?? Or should I go back and have the alignment checked again????

IME tyres usually bed in over 100 miles or so. I'd have the alignment checked if the handling is the same after 200 miles or so.

[s3fella]

Yes, they need a fair while to bed in, particulalry the rears if it is FWD. Go steady in the wet til then.

[The Hitman]

I've just done the same today! 205/45 R16 Toyo T1-R's and I think it will just take time for "the car to get used to them".

I've found that "normal" tyres are fine straight away.

Will these take longer because of the compound and thread pattern? Or are all tyres like it?

[sparkybean]

Out of curiousity, could you not just paint a nice number 11 somewhere discreet. Surely the wear created would equal something similar to 100 miles average driving, thus your tyres would be instantly bedded in, no?

Not that i would ever do that, officer.

[4nonymous]

gj88 said:

swansea v6 said:

do new tyres take time to bed in?? Or should I go back and have the alignment checked again????

IME tyres usually bed in over 100 miles or so..

Not with Vred Ultracs

[swansea v6]

Well if they need 'bedding' in time....its time to go burn some fking expensive V-power.....

[gj88]

4nonymous said:

gj88 said:

swansea v6 said:

do new tyres take time to bed in?? Or should I go back and have the alignment checked again????

IME tyres usually bed in over 100 miles or so..

Not with Vred Ultracs

I've never owned them. How long do they take?

sparkybean said:

Out of curiousity, could you not just paint a nice number 11 somewhere discreet. Surely the wear created would equal something similar to 100 miles average driving, thus your tyres would be instantly bedded in, no?

but you need to wear all four tyres. If you really dont want to wait I suppose you could do the driven wheels first, then switch the wheels from the un-driven wheels to the driven ones.

You basically need to wear away a small depth of rubber to remove the realeasing agents used in tyre manufacturing.

[arun1uk]

im sitting in a place that can "fit tyres kwik", getting 4 new Goodyear Efficient grip's fitted. Great tyres, had 2 sets now and I find them much better than Bridgestone RE050As. I'll be bedding them in later today...

Quick question, the guy asked if I wanted to fill my tyres with Nitrogen instead of Air as it increased grip and handling. How does that work then? Why is it better than air?

[james_gt3rs]

arun1uk said:

Quick question, the guy asked if I wanted to fill my tyres with Nitrogen instead of Air as it increased grip and handling. How does that work then? Why is it better than air?

It means the tyre pressures stay more constant with temperature, so handling is more consistent.

I don't know if it makes any noticeable difference in road use though.

[jon-]

How does it feel crap?

New tyres have a lot more tread (obviously) which moves around a lot more than tyres on the wear limit. If you're a sensitive driver, this tyre movement can be quite unsettling and can be "part-fixed" with a few extra PSI than you'd normally run.

[swansea v6]

crap as in very, very twitchy especially at the back end, fun in certain conditions but in last nights rain felt very dangerous. No initial grip when pulling off and a lot more torque steer than usual. Will give them a few hundred miles and then re-check alignment.

jon- said:

How does it feel crap?

New tyres have a lot more tread (obviously) which moves around a lot more than tyres on the wear limit. If you're a sensitive driver, this tyre movement can be quite unsettling and can be "part-fixed" with a few extra PSI than you'd normally run.