Tyre Tread Depth Info ....

[Howard]

Another quicky chaps and chapesses ....

When you buy a tyre, what is the typical (new) depth of the tread before you start driving on it ?

How many miles do you reckon a tyre with 7 mm of tread left has done ?

 

[steve.link]

Howard,

I think it is about 8mm for a brand new tyre. Assuming you replace at 2 mm you have 6mm of useful life. Therfore wear of 1 mm represents approx 17% of the tyre life. The miles will depend on vehicle, driving style, etc, etc

Regards,

Steve

 

[rajinder_1]

the tyre is usually 8 mil brand new, nit sure how many miles it needs to take 1 mil of, depends on driving i suppose. I have bought many tyres part worn around 7-6 mil and they have been ok till now for around 2 yrs or so (again depending on driving and tyre)

 

[Brian WH]

Some makes of tyres are only 7mm NEW, but normally new ones are 8mm.
Wear rate depends on lots of factors and the first 1mm could be anything from 2000-7000miles.

 

[Howard]

Cool, its all sounding good so far ....

 

[Howard]

So, its reasonable to assume that they have plenty of life left in them then if only a mil or two has been worn off ?

 

[Brian WH]

So, its reasonable to assume that they have plenty of life left in them then if only a mil or two has been worn off ?

Sure is Mate, nearly new and just run in.

 

[Chris Murray]

winter or M+S tyres have 10mm, summer/all weather have 8mm typically

 

[MangoMan]

All I know is Nokian generally have 9mm. Although the last ones I bought, (NRV-225/45x17) had 10mm. tread.

They actually state these figures on their websites.

Ciao.....

 

[Tiff]

I had a run round kwik-Fit today with my depth gauge,Dunlop,Michelin,Continental and Pirelli all have 8mm tread new.We had a BMW 1 series in today that had done 1700 miles..it had 7mm on the rear tyres...