Uniroyal Rainsport 5

[E-bmw]

850R said:

Can I fault the uniroyals one bit

I assume from your glowing statement that follows that you meant to say "cannot fault the Uniroyals one bit".

[850R]

Haha yeah!! I should refrain from posting after a night shift!!!

[randomeddy]

My experience of uniroyals is that at about half worn they lose a fair bit of grip.
Just had a pair of 5's on the front and the half worn 3's put on the back. The grip levels are much improved.

[Tony1963]

randomeddy said:

My experience of uniroyals is that at about half worn they lose a fair bit of grip.
Just had a pair of 5's on the front and the half worn 3's put on the back. The grip levels are much improved.

On what car is this?

[randomeddy]

2006 Passat Estate. 2.0 tfsi. Manual. Remapped.

Well looked after, lots of suspension parts replaced.

[Chris32345]

randomeddy said:

My experience of uniroyals is that at about half worn they lose a fair bit of grip.
Just had a pair of 5's on the front and the half worn 3's put on the back. The grip levels are much improved.

Wrong way around you need to good tyres on the rear

[E-bmw]

Always best/newest tyres on the front.

[Tony1963]

randomeddy said:

2006 Passat Estate. 2.0 tfsi. Manual. Remapped.

Well looked after, lots of suspension parts replaced.

I’d be putting the new tyres on the rear, older tyres moved from rear to front.

[randomeddy]

Improved steering and grip, new on the front all day long for me.

[Tony1963]

randomeddy said:

Improved steering and grip, new on the front all day long for me.

If you think new, deep, wobbly tread blocks give more grip and improved steering compared to, say, 5mm of well run in tread blocks, you’re very much mistaken.

[PhilF329]

Tony1963 is correct - new tyres should ideally go on the rear to reduce oversteer.

[randomeddy]

Unfortunately I am not enough of a driving god that I have to worry about wobbly treads.

[Tony1963]

randomeddy said:

Unfortunately I am not enough of a driving god that I have to worry about wobbly treads.

It’s not about being a driving god at all.

Your tyres last longer, your car is safer.

[ATM]

General advice is for newer tyres to go on the rear. You want more grip on the rear. If the car gets out of shape or spins or rotates then you're in trouble. Having the newer tyres on the rear will go towards preventing that. So this is the advice for the average driver. It can seem counter intuitive especially if you drive a front wheel drive car. If you're a driving god and can handle the car getting out of shape then of course you can put the newer tyres on the front. But remember that the rear tyres take forever to wear out, especially with a front wheel drive car, so you may end up wearing out the new tyres on the front before the old rears. That's why you often see 4 or 5 year old cars with 4 or 5 year old rear tyres which have never been changed.

[moanthebairns]

ATM said:

General advice is for newer tyres to go on the rear. You want more grip on the rear. If the car gets out of shape or spins or rotates then you're in trouble. Having the newer tyres on the rear will go towards preventing that. So this is the advice for the average driver. It can seem counter intuitive especially if you drive a front wheel drive car. If you're a driving god and can handle the car getting out of shape then of course you can put the newer tyres on the front. But remember that the rear tyres take forever to wear out, especially with a front wheel drive car, so you may end up wearing out the new tyres on the front before the old rears. That's why you often see 4 or 5 year old cars with 4 or 5 year old rear tyres which have never been changed.

I just got the garage to swap my uni royals around when it was getting serviced.
Im aware of the argument and logic behind best rubber on the rear but I can't be arsed going on my tyre, buying two tyres, having them shipped to me, and driving to get them fitted an extra time. I prefer just to change all four at once.

Tbh, if it catches me out on a vrs I think its best I don't renew my bike race licence. (that said....... One of the buggers isnt balanced right, as I've a little rumble above 60, so maybe my laziness was fruitless)

[Tony1963]

moanthebairns said:

Im aware of the argument and logic behind best rubber on the rear but I can't be arsed going on my tyre, buying two tyres, having them shipped to me, and driving to get them fitted an extra time. I prefer just to change all four at once.

I have no idea what you’re trying to say in that post.

[E-bmw]

ATM said:

General advice is for newer tyres to go on the rear. You want more grip on the rear. If the car gets out of shape or spins or rotates then you're in trouble.

Disagree with that completely for 2 reasons.

1. You want more grip on the front so then at least you can still steer to (hopefully) get out of trouble, without steering it doesn't matter at all what the car is doing, you are crashing.

2. Increased aquaplaning resistance due to deeper tread.

[Tony1963]

E-bmw said:

Disagree with that completely for 2 reasons.

1. You want more grip on the front so then at least you can still steer to (hopefully) get out of trouble, without steering it doesn't matter at all what the car is doing, you are crashing.

2. Increased aquaplaning resistance due to deeper tread.

We aren’t talking about putting illegal tyres on the front!
Why do people say such things?

[E-bmw]

Tony1963 said:

We aren’t talking about putting illegal tyres on the front!
Why do people say such things?

Neither am I, completely irrelevant comment.

[Tony1963]

E-bmw said:

Neither am I, completely irrelevant comment.

It’s not irrelevant.

Do you ditch your front tyres when they’re down to, say, four or five millimetres of tread? Do you avoid driving in the rain if the front tyres are down to 5 millimetres of tread? I bet you don’t, and you don’t because they’re still perfectly good for a fair few thousand miles. So why wouldn’t it be safe to fit tyres to the front with five mil that were on the rear?