My LCR has always been on 92 and my A4 is on 94's never any stupid tyre wear and also prehaps drive like you.
Even with track wear I'm getting 10,000 miles + out of GYE F1 Asymmetrics
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My LCR has always been on 92 and my A4 is on 94's never any stupid tyre wear and also prehaps drive like you.
Even with track wear I'm getting 10,000 miles + out of GYE F1 Asymmetrics
Im still on my original rears, I do alot of wot from lower gears than say when on a track, but my tyres have always never lasted long, even on my 1.4 ibiza. On eagle f1 assys I usually get around 7k from them.
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You really need to be fitting new tyres to the rear and swap the rear tyres onto the front.
This will allow you to run fresher tyres all round and save on snap oversteer with lower tyre tread on the rear compared to the front.
You scare me a lot. Especially with the load ratings gamble.
Reads like you do traffic light GP's, and often do double the motorway speed limit on very odd tyres.
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Big assumptions there, im not your average boy racer, keep it to the drag strip. R1Rs are soft tyres, its been fully expected for them to die after such short mileage, and others who have fitted these tyres have got similiar mileage from them. Another lad from mk5gti got 1500 miles from his track day hankooks, all smeared over the roads of manchester city. The treadwear rating for his hankooks were 80 compared to the r1rs 140.
Dont do double the motorway speed either, driving is my livelyhood, loose my license loose my job, loose everything. Loads of modded cupras round my way though so I know what they will do vmax indicated.
Also why are the load ratings a gamble? 560 a tyre is more than suffiecient.
4x 560 = 2,240,
Cupra weighs 1375kg
2240-1375 = 865kg headroom.
5 male passengers at 75kg each equals 375kg.
865-375kg = 490kg
Unlikely im going to get anywhere near 490kg in extra load via goods or otherwise so its sufficient.
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I know this is the best way to do things ideally, but ive always biased the car to have the gripper stuff on the front for the drag strip. Plus these mk2s dont really seem to do lift off oversteer unlike my old ibiza. ESP will always reign stuff in if it starts getting sloppy, even after you turned it off.
thats fine for driving in a straight line, but when you corner at speed the outside front tyre will take the brunt of the weight, and then you are dicing with potential tyre failure, in which your insurance wouldnt pay out when they realise you have put incorrect boots on your car.
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Sorry lads but im really confused now am I missing something here?
As I read it the tyre load rating is sufficient for the weight of the vehicle, and therefore shouldnt make a difference whether its on a straight or a corner, and these tyres have increased sidewall stiffness anyway as they are a track day tyre, and when driving at speed there would only be 2 people max onboard anyway?
My worry though mate would be regardless of how/where/why an accident happened, if an Insurance Company can get out of a claim they will. Don't give them reason to.
Alot of tyre places have said to me when ringing around it doesn't matter, but I think it does and have stuck to 92Y tyre's. The other problem then is this can limit your tyre choice.
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Might give the insurance company a ring tomorrow and see their take on it, and shoot off a quick email to toyo and yokohama aswell and see what their take is on it.
Let us know when you find out please mate as I am really keen to see their take on all this too
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Pov, your car has an individual wheel weight rating.
For my MK1 LCR its 690 Klbs
This takes into account the trye loading up on cornering
Your pissing against the wind asking the manufacturers, there not going to stick their necks out.
Best off speaking to Seat and see what the individual load ratings are for your motor.
as I said the LCR which is 1,356 Kgs has 92
and my B7 A4 TDI which is 1,600 Kgs is 94
For my MK1 LCR its 690 Klbs
This takes into account the trye loading up on cornering
Your pissing against the wind asking the manufacturers, there not going to stick their necks out.
Best off speaking to Seat and see what the individual load ratings are for your motor.
as I said the LCR which is 1,356 Kgs has 92
and my B7 A4 TDI which is 1,600 Kgs is 94
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