Sarnie Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Hi Had my P1 service at Westway Nissan in Brum on Wednesday. All went well but only cos I am well drilled now and had a lot of specific requests. For example: 1) DON'T wash my car!! (Last time they washed it in some shitty shampoo and didn't rinse it properly so it looked like a bag of shite) 2) DON'T damage my car!! (Took 4 million before pics and made two of the salesmen walk round my car to check for any damage before I left it with them) 3) DON'T drive my car unneccessarily!! You get the picture. Anyway all went to plan and there were no hiccups. Having now covered 9000 miles I assumed that brake pads and tyres would be be getting low. How wrong was I? Pads still have 80% left on them and my bridgestones still have 8mm left on them How bloody hard do I have to drive my zed to wear down these fooking crap tyres!!!! One thing that concerned me however was that on both front tyres the outer tread was 8mm, centre was 8mm but the inner tread was 6mm??? Why would the inner tread wear differently to the rest of the tyre? The sale guy said that all zeds do this and that there was nothing wrong with my tracking so what could it be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomoto Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Tread wear seems normal for the crap bridgestones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Over inflated mate? Mine are wearing evenly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam's Z Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 How did he know the tracking was fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev-the-Rev Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Over inflated mate? Mine are wearing evenly Yes as AndyC suggests, check the tyre pressures - they should be 35 psi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted September 22, 2006 Author Share Posted September 22, 2006 How did he know the tracking was fine No idea? If the tracking was out, would that affect the way my tyres are wearing in this particular way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted September 22, 2006 Author Share Posted September 22, 2006 Tread wear seems normal for the crap bridgestones What, 1mm per 9000 miles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugwump Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Tread wear seems normal for the crap bridgestones What, 1mm per 9000 miles? Do you drive like a girl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted September 22, 2006 Author Share Posted September 22, 2006 Tread wear seems normal for the crap bridgestones What, 1mm per 9000 miles? Do you drive like a girl? No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 just is one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomoto Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Tread wear seems normal for the crap bridgestones What, 1mm per 9000 miles? Yes thats why their crap...Rock hard compound =no grip =good tread wear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted September 22, 2006 Author Share Posted September 22, 2006 just is one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mathys Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 It took 2 persons to get the bridgestones off from the 18" rays when I was switching them for winter tires. Tire fitter told me he had never had to handle such hard tires in his life before.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 How did he know the tracking was fine No idea? If the tracking was out, would that affect the way my tyres are wearing in this particular way? If the toe is out (ie when the front wheels 'point' away from the car. Left wheel going left a bit, right wheel going right a bit, when the steering wheel is straight) then it would effectively drag the inner edge in a straight line. Sure there are other examples tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam's Z Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 How did he know the tracking was fine No idea? If the tracking was out, would that affect the way my tyres are wearing in this particular way? Yes mate.... I'd get it checked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 How did he know the tracking was fine No idea? If the tracking was out, would that affect the way my tyres are wearing in this particular way? Yes mate.... I'd get it checked If your tracking is out it absolutely will affect your tyres in this way. I've had it happen before, not on the zed coz I've not had it long enough yet! Top Tip: Do some track days to wear your tyres down quicker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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