wear

Hi All, My fronts are wearing on the shoulders. A tracking and alignment check shows no issues. But the tyres are a speed rating less than stipulated. Will a lower speed rating (and consequent reduced side wall stiffness) effect wear? Cheers.

Hi I wonder if anyone has any suggestions as to why my tyres are wearing on the outside shoulders? The tracking was done about a year ago when one tyre was wearing on the shoulder excessively (and pulling to one side), I got new tyres on the front (Arrowspeed from ****fit). Now both front...

Hi. I have a C180k Est Nov 07. I replaced ALL the tyres at 16000mls Ive just had the first MOT,only just passed on uneven front brake pressure,but the guy pointed out that the rear tyres have about a 1000mls left in them which would give me about 11000mls! Can this be right to get what I think...

Is anyone experiencing excessive tyre wear on their vito sports x........ Rear tyres are absolutely fine but fronts are way down and NSF is almost bald after only 13K miles? http://www.MBClub.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/mad.gif I'd be very interested to get feedback..... Tyres quoted...

So, this being my first auto I got to thinking the other day whether audo cars naturally wear their brakes quicker than manual cars. After all, you creep along with the brake on, and where I would probably have dropped a gear in a manual to slow down I simply brake in this. Has anyone got...

Hi, The BAS ESP, ABS and brake pad wear light turned on. The car only drives in first gear. car was "repaired" by a recovery service, they reset the errors. But the car has developed the fault again. been on star machine - merc specialist garage said needs new abs control module -...

Morning all, how long should a set of front pads last under normal driving. All discs & pads replaced 7k ago now brake wear warning coming up on dash. Wife drives it most of the time and is not hard on the brakes. I drive if we go away which does involve motorway but no hard braking. Got the...

Had a full geometry setup a couple of months back with a company from www.AlignMyCar.co.uk. I have covered 5000miles and the inner edges have totally gone. This only became apparent when the garage pointed it out whilst having rear brake and suspension pipes replaced. the read out after it...

Daft question but do I just re-use existing sensors if they are not damaged. Existing pads are 80% worn by the way thanks

The brake wear indicator just came on - front (replaced may 2007) 44k miles and rear 48k miles (on car when bought). Good going I think. Tyres lasted 31k miles - Kumho's @ £60 per tyre

Was cleaning the car and noticed the rears are wearing a bit so went and got a n inspection. all readings are inner - centre - outer NSF - 6-5-6 OSF 6-7-6 NSR 3-2-3 OSR 3-3-3 strange that the near side has worn the centres more than the offsides. Well the rears are Michellins...

At the moment I have 225/40/18s on the back of my w203 estate. Pirelli P Zero Nero from memory. The question is what is people's experience of tyre wear on these? It's a 220 d and I don't drive it particularly hard, but the Pirelli's on the back do not look like they'll last more than 10k...

The tyres on my dad's e class were wearing on the outside. Got some new tyres fitted and had the tyre fitter do an alignment but he said there was in spec. Now they only had a 2 wheel toe alignment kit, does this car need 4 wheel alignment?

I have a W208 320 and I'm having to replace the rear tyres. Both are worn on the inside edge which I thought strange. I know aggressive cornering will wear outside edges and tyre pressures can wear middle or both edges, but how do you wear an inside edge? Is camber adjustable on these? The wear...

Hi, I know this has been discussed here before and a couple of people have commented on wear rates of the rears of C63s, so I thought I'd start a thread about my experiences. Car is 2010 C63 Estate. Purchesed new 22nd March 2010. Delivery miles = 15. Unfortunately I didn't record the tread...

I've just spent the last hour or so searching the forum on typical tyre wear - W203 specific (facelift if that makes a difference). Can't seem to find consistent opinion though. I've noticed that I'm getting a fair amount of wear on the front tyre outer shoulders (Michelin Pilot Sport...

How long between the first brake wear warning and replacement? The reason I ask is mine flashed up yesterday but my MOT is due in about six weeks; I do about 200 (mainly motorway) miles per week; will they last or should I replace them immediately? Thanks

Morning all :). I've got Kumho Ecsta SPT KU31's on my car and are very pleased with them, apart from the tyre wear, which I think is premature. Am I correct in thinking these tyres are a 'sport' tyre? which might increase the tyre wear as they are softer composition? The tyres on the front are...

puzzled!! had front brakes changed 4 mths back , then short while back wear indicator appeared! took it in and rear done , so all must be ok ! nope , still had wear indicator ! eventually replaced all sensors and gues what still have damn wear indicator! I thought it should automatically...

Having just changed the front tyres on my car I noticed both were excessively worn at the outer edges. Recall a few posts about this type of wear being due to worn ball joints. Is this the case? My car goes in for an MOT next week and now has brand new front tyres but to avoid premature wear...