Tyres V's Quattro

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Tyres V's Quattro

Post by Magic » Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:26 am

Guys as I am new to the Quattro system how important is it to have equal wear on the tyres and what if you hav'nt???

Robbie

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RE: Tyres V

Post by fletchie55 » Sun Oct 31, 2010 11:17 am

Its not very good for your diffs to have all the wheels turning at different speeds which is what would be happening if you have uneven wear on each wheel.

I believe it is essential to have the 2 fronts with the same wear as each other, and the 2 rears with the same wear as each other. However, I think you can have a couple of mm between the front pair and the rear pair if that makes sense.

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RE: Tyres V

Post by gdavison » Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:45 pm

Hi Robbie .. Welcome :)

Fletchie is spot on ... The Car "user" Manuals have guidance that tyres across axles should be pretty much same spec, wear, condition etc (so match fronts and match rears) . No "official" Guidance ever seems to be given for front to back differences

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RE: Tyres V

Post by Magic » Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:14 pm

Cheers for the advice guys.
Its just that when driving I could feel a bit of drag from the rear after close inspection I realised 1 tyre was at 32psi and the other was at 15psi I topped up the lower and changed 1 tyre and now all seems well.

Robbie

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