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Jed D
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3rd Mar 12 at 21:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
when you advertise tyres do you measure from 0mm or the tread depth indicator?

found loads of wheel bargains with tyres on lately, and when you ring them and ask OR go to veiw the tyres that have apparently got 6mm turn out to have 2mm at their best

just phoned a bloke about some nice ones... apparently they have 10mm on the best ones WTF!?

thought yoko's had 8mm when b.new and looking at the poor pics they dont have 4-5mm ish

Dann19
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3rd Mar 12 at 21:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
fed up of you going on about tyres jedi
Jed D
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quote:
Originally posted by Dann19
fed up of you going on about tyres jedi


haha fuck off ya div

im fed up of looking for some... b.new ones it is then
Dann19
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3rd Mar 12 at 22:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
stop looking and scrap you car! problem solved
Jed D
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quote:
Originally posted by Dann19
stop looking and scrap you car! problem solved


i was considering it tbh... cant get the stench of your girlfriend spunky knickers out my back seat

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antnee
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3rd Mar 12 at 22:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Depth is measured from 0, the marks are at 1.6mm which is the legal limit
Dann19
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stench of your wife to be more alike! my girlfriend is good and goes near noone who has a 1.6 scrapyard heap, just saying
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3rd Mar 12 at 22:55   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i rang up for some part worns at a type place and said the price varys on the depth of the tyre £15 quid upwards.. wtf
Dave
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3rd Mar 12 at 23:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I stuck some part worn winter tyres on my van last October, £15 each fitted. Still lots of tread left and it hasn't fallen off the road yet. It can be a gamble running part worns but you can save a bundle.
Corsa_Sport21
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3rd Mar 12 at 23:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Pisses me off too tbh.

Why say how much tread depth it has past the wear band, when you can't legally run them that low. Makes them look and sound like they have more tread than they actually do.

When looking for part worn i always ask them to measure from the centre wear band.
Twiggy
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3rd Mar 12 at 23:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
New bought a new tyre in my life !!

just make sure you ask to see what they have got and pick you own.
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I would measure from 0 not the wear indicator.

The wear indicator is at 1.6mm, therefore if they're at 2mm you have 0.4mm remaining.

But they're measured at 2mm.

Do you want that guy to do the maths for you as well?
Jed D
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Originally posted by Ian


Do you want that guy to do the maths for you as well?


not when theres 10mm on the good ones i dont
Nic Barnes
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The amount of time wasted buying runners, having them fitted with not much left on them, could have bought. A cheap new tyre and done decent mileage and saved effort.
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4th Mar 12 at 18:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Almost sure a Michelin road tyre comes new with 8mm of tread. any other brand will be 7mm iirc. and then when you go to van tyres which are 8 ply and 4x4 tyres will come with around 9-10 mm.
Nic Barnes
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Some 4x4=maths tyres come with loads on.
harrisp
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My tyres have got about 15mm on and Im ready to change them
Cybermonkey
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righto, so the tread might be legal depth, but you have no idea how old they truly are. Could delaminate as soon as you get to high speed, throwing you off the road and killing a family of hedgehogs
LeeM
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5th Mar 12 at 09:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Pisses me off too tbh.

Why say how much tread depth it has past the wear band, when you can't legally run them that low. Makes them look and sound like they have more tread than they actually do.


thats how you measure tread depth, its the depth of the tread.
Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey
righto, so the tread might be legal depth, but you have no idea how old they truly are. Could delaminate as soon as you get to high speed, throwing you off the road and killing a family of hedgehogs
Look at the dot code on sidewall
GteRedtop
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There will be a dot code which will be four numbers within a circular shape. i.e 2510 will be the 25th week in 2010. pretty self explanitery.

 
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