lottiefox Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 The TT has done 12000 miles now.....front tyres are about 1mm from the marker, rears seem to have a fair few mm on them still. Road noise seems to have increased from the front recently, running on the Contis that came with the car. So, do I run the front right down to the legal limit and then bite the bullet and get four new ones, keeping the rears as a coffee table? or have two new front Contis, run them until the rears are to the limit then swap for all four new somethings?. God I'm baffled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_d Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 You want the rears to be the best tyres, especially if you ever drive on the limit. Personally I've VERY cautious about tyres and always change mine very early and generally as a foursome (oh errr). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shao_khan Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 You need all 4 tyres within a certain tollerance of each other (3mm?) on a Quattro car - so i'd change the whole lot for something better. The contis on our A4 got very noisy near the limit on wear. Change ours first for Avons - horrid tyres. Then Dunlop Sport sp2 (i think thats the name) and they are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Why not swop front and rear tyres ? Then have 4 new ones when the fronts wear down again (provided the rears remain legal). Ah! Didn't see SK's post til I submitted mine....Quattro info important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Yeah but the TT isn't quattro! On a T5 or S4 it matters. It is less of an issue on an S3 or TT. Lotts, buy two Eagle F1s, put them on the back and swap the current rears to the fronts. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shao_khan Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 well I guess you could do that - but I am fairly sure Audi recommend Same tyre make / pattern on all 4 wheels - even on a TT with its pretend 4wd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lottiefox Posted May 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 [ QUOTE ] You need all 4 tyres within a certain tollerance of each other (3mm?) on a Quattro car - so i'd change the whole lot for something better. The contis on our A4 got very noisy near the limit on wear. Change ours first for Avons - horrid tyres. Then Dunlop Sport sp2 (i think thats the name) and they are great. [/ QUOTE ] Thanks SK, I thought I'd read something about this - I've noticed over the past 500 miles or so that the handling is definitely not as planted on some twists - there is a big difference between the front and rears and that must be it. Looks like four new boots for the turtle then......time to raid the piggy bank..... Pilot Sports 2? or Eagle F1s..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lottiefox Posted May 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Yeah but the TT isn't quattro! On a T5 or S4 it matters. It is less of an issue on an S3 or TT. Lotts, buy two Eagle F1s, put them on the back and swap the current rears to the fronts. Ian [/ QUOTE ] ian I withdraw my offer of employment... My TT is Haldex Quattro - OK, pretend in some ways but still needs the same tyres and tread patterns on all four boots! I can't have non matching tyres anyway. Forget the handling. Its not symmetrical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shao_khan Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Well you could swap front to back - give you a few thousand more miles. I know Peter B also uses Dunlops as well on his RS6 and also rates them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilB Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 I'd got for the Eagle F1's Lottie, have a look at mytyres.com and blackcircles.co.uk. I have a discount code for black circles if you want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lottiefox Posted May 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Thanks Neil - do they deliver and then you have to get them fitted? I won't fit four new tyres in the TT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilB Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 With Mytyres they send the tyres to your door, and you then goto your local tyre fitter who will put them on for about £10-£15 a corner. Black Circles will either mail them to you like Mytyres, or direct to the fitter so you just have to turn up without the hassle of trying to fit 4 tyres in the TT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Lottie - Here's a pic of my old TT. N.B. Tyres AND wheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shao_khan Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Dont forget the sport has got a bar in the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lottiefox Posted May 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Lottie - Here's a pic of my old TT. N.B. Tyres AND wheels [/ QUOTE ] Scotty, I've got the brace bar thingy in the QS instead of the seats - its a pain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Doh!! Oh yeah. Surely it's simple to unbolt. I used to use a similar bar to fix my four point harness to. p.s. In the pic I also had a spare wheel as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quattroboy Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 I think as Paul_S3 may have posted, it doesn't matter about differences in tyre depth of tread as the Haldex system allows for this. I know the horse has bolted but next time change the tyres half-way through their expected cycle. Oh, and get Goodyear Eagle F1s next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHA Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 F1s!!! Am going to try a mobile fitter myself lottie www.event-tyres.co.uk not the cheapest prices (about £50 a set more but it does include fitting at home) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pa55aT Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 I'm going to try www.etyres.co.uk this weekend, the prices are quite good and they fit them at home. They seem to have some good reviews. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lottiefox Posted May 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 Has anyone used a mobile fitter at home? Any feedback at all? GSD3 are Eagle F1 aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterb Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 [ QUOTE ] I know Peter B also uses Dunlops as well on his RS6 and also rates them. [/ QUOTE ] Yep - very happy with the SP9000RS, fitted to both the RS and the A2, but they're not available in a wide range of sizes. I don't know whether the alternative SP9090 is any good. Not only do the 9000s wear well (24k on the RS and 27k on the A2), but the grip and handling seems to be spot on also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterb Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 [ QUOTE ] ... have a look at mytyres.com and blackcircles.co.uk. [/ QUOTE ] Ha, Blackcircles quoted me £45 more per tyre than a couple of local tyre shops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 [ QUOTE ] I think as Paul_S3 may have posted, it doesn't matter about differences in tyre depth of tread as the Haldex system allows for this. I know the horse has bolted but next time change the tyres half-way through their expected cycle. Oh, and get Goodyear Eagle F1s next time. [/ QUOTE ] Paul did, but i still keep tread even across all 4 tyres. Its good practice to have the same grip all round. I cycle my tyres so i end up replacing a full set at once. But should i have a non repairable punture for example, requireing one new tyre,then technically it wont harm the haldex. I also keep same manufacturer/tread pattern across all 4 tyres [ QUOTE ] from www.haldextraction.com ( click technical information/ control samples) Different tyre wear and pressure conditions An algorithm in the ECU detects differences in the diameters of the tyres and compensates the characteristics accordingly. [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Any feedback at all? GSD3 are Eagle F1 aren't they? [/ QUOTE ] Yes they are, and as for feedback, i wouldnt touch them with a barge pole. They were Shite. if you think you got noise now, just you wait till the GY start wearing down, your think you got bearings failing. I am glad to see the back of mine. NEVER again. Funny, others have had the same! "Am on my 3rd set of F1s. They sound well dodgy when they get low " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Yeah but the TT isn't quattro! On a T5 or S4 it matters. It is less of an issue on an S3 or TT. Lotts, buy two Eagle F1s, put them on the back and swap the current rears to the fronts. Ian [/ QUOTE ] ian (what - no capital 'I') I withdraw my offer of employment... My TT is Haldex Quattro - OK, pretend in some ways but still needs the same tyres and tread patterns on all four [/ QUOTE ] Why do you withdraw your offer of employment? Matter of personal opinion I guess. I would always put the new pair of tyres on the back, but some people seem happy to have fresh tyres on the front and 2mm tyres on the rears. This seems madness to me - wearing down the fronts and then swapping them to the back. If you want to replace the tyres as a 'set', Pauls' method is the best by regularly cycling the tyres, and indeed the only method for a full-time four-wheel-drive like an Audi S4, Scooby or Volvo T5. Strange you didn't get on with the F1s Paul, for you are only the second person I can recall putting a bad word against them. Indicentally the first was Jonny Roberts who I believe lost a tread when tracking his stonking B5 RS4 Avant. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 I won't be touching F1s again either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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