LWB Rear Tyres Wear T6.1 T30

[Pidsley]

Just coming up to 18k miles and 4 years old. The rear tyres are completely worn yet the fronts have a good 5mm on them, but are cracking. The van is a fully converted Revolution Ricos with 40mm lowered on springs with MOMO revenge 18s, 255/45/R18 103W Saferich tyres. Apart form the obvious answer that , "there must be more weight on the back", has anyone got any thoughts on why the heavy wear on the rears? Also, the passenger side are more work than the drivers side both front and rear. TIA.

 

[Kind of Blue]

Just coming up to 18k miles and 4 years old. The rear tyres are completely worn yet the fronts have a good 5mm on them, but are cracking. The van is a fully converted Revolution Ricos with 40mm lowered on springs with MOMO revenge 18s, 255/45/R18 103W Saferich tyres. Apart form the obvious answer that , "there must be more weight on the back", has anyone got any thoughts on why the heavy wear on the rears? Also, the passenger side are more work than the drivers side both front and rear. TIA.

Do you swap over front to rear tyres on occasion? Has the suspension been correctly aligned? Some suspension specialists have misgivings on excessively lowered suspension set ups not sure at what height of lowered suspension they start to have misgivings about. I assume that your vehicle is 2WD. Never heard of Saferich Tyres suggest buying quality tyres from main recognised brands.

 

[Pidsley]

Do you swap over front to rear tyres on occasion? Has the suspension been correctly aligned? Some suspension specialists have misgivings on excessively lowered suspension set ups not sure at what height of lowered suspension they start to have misgivings about. I assume that your vehicle is 2WD. Never heard of Saferich Tyres suggest buying quality tyres from main recognised brands.

Hi there. Not swapped front and rear before. But I'm replacing all four this week and will get a four wheel alignment check done. Then will keep a closer eye on wear in future and swap if necessary.

 

[JumpShip]

There's lots of people on here that run cheap nasty tyres yet spend good money on everything else for their van , god knows why ?
I'm assuming that's what the vans come fitted with when they come from the converters .
Also wheel and tyre packages very rarely come with a premium tyre option .

 

[Pidsley]

There's lots of people on here that run cheap nasty tyres yet spend good money on everything else for their van , god knows why ?
I'm assuming that's what the vans come fitted with when they come from the converters .
Also wheel and tyre packages very rarely come with a premium tyre option .

Yes, They did come with the van when converted. I was really green then and didnt check. Not that I'm much better now, but learning fast. Will def invest in good tyres this time round.

 

[hoobsbus]

searching though posts on tyre wear, I am running 265 40 R20 lowered. After the first set of tyres I changed to Goodyear Eagle.F1 and 4 wheel laser alignment. Pressure dropped to 38psi but the rear set have done around 8k and are nearly ready for change... What causes the extra fast wear, I would be happy.wth 18k.

 

[Pidsley]

Depends on hiow much you carry in the back I guess. Have now fitted Michelin cross climate suv. 255/55/18. I'll be keeping a close eye on the wear. Also had 4cwheel alignment checked.

 

[Sasquatch]

Apart form the obvious answer that , "there must be more weight on the back", has anyone got any thoughts on why the heavy wear on the rears? Also, the passenger side are more work than the drivers side both front and rear. TIA.

There's no "apart from" about it. Having a conversion, typically 340-380kg of extra mass, sat over the rear axle line is all you need to know.

And be honest. Are you checking your pressures weekly or before a long journey as the handbook advises?

Wou could have a geometry issue, but if you're running Bakelite Specials I'm guessing it was unlikely you spent money on an alignment check.

Nothing to see here I'm afraid.

It's your call, but you fit budget tyres you should have budget expectations.

 

[Kind of Blue]

Depends on hiow much you carry in the back I guess. Have now fitted Michelin cross climate suv. 255/55/18. I'll be keeping a close eye on the wear. Also had 4cwheel alignment checked.

How are you fining the 255/55R18 Crossclimate tyres? I have the same size BFG AT KO2. I have been considering fitting the same as you on another set of rims that came with the vehicle from new, replacing what it came shod with that is 255/45R18.

 

[Pidsley]

There's no "apart from" about it. Having a conversion, typically 340-380kg of extra mass, sat over the rear axle line is all you need to know.

And be honest. Are you checking your pressures weekly or before a long journey as the handbook advises?

Wou could have a geometry issue, but if you're running Bakelite Specials I'm guessing it was unlikely you spent money on an alignment check.

Nothing to see here I'm afraid.

It's your call, but you fit budget tyres you should

How are you fining the 255/55R18 Crossclimate tyres? I have the same size BFG AT KO2. I have been considering fitting the same as you on another set of rims that came with the vehicle from new, replacing what it came shod with that is 255/45R18.

Not had chance to test them out yet. I've an nc500 trip booked at end of April for 3 weeks. So I'll know after that I guess.

 

[Pidsley]

There's no "apart from" about it. Having a conversion, typically 340-380kg of extra mass, sat over the rear axle line is all you need to know.

And be honest. Are you checking your pressures weekly or before a long journey as the handbook advises?

Wou could have a geometry issue, but if you're running Bakelite Specials I'm guessing it was unlikely you spent money on an alignment check.

Nothing to see here I'm afraid.

It's your call, but you fit budget tyres you should have budget expectations.

Am I missing something here? I didn't fit those tyres. I've now replaced them and have had a 4 wheel alignment check done. All good there.

But thanks for the rude and snide remarks. I'll be honest.. my call is to ignore you.

 

[Sasquatch]

Am I missing something here? I didn't fit those tyres. I've now replaced them and have had a 4 wheel alignment check done. All good there.

Perhaps we're missing something here,mainly because in your opening post you never told us that you did not fit the tyres. Unlike the T5, 6 and 6.1 owners no longer receive a free crystall ball with their van.

You asked a question and I was polite and succinct enough with my reply. If you want to ignore someone for a polite and consise response then go for it, I promise not to cry.

 

[Radford1071s]

I have ran 235/55/18 Michelin x climates for the last few years on a lwb T32 window van. And I wouldn’t change them for anything else. The wife has fancy alloys on her much newer T32 window van,and hasn’t complained once . There’s still time yet. Michelin were doing a deal on tyres not sure if it’s ended yet. But yeah in general cross climates are very decent all - year tyres. In my opinion.

 

[Kind of Blue]

I have ran 235/55/18 Michelin x climates for the last few years on a lwb T32 window van. And I wouldn’t change them for anything else. The wife has fancy alloys on her much newer T32 window van,and hasn’t complained once . There’s still time yet. Michelin were doing a deal on tyres not sure if it’s ended yet. But yeah in general cross climates are very decent all - year tyres. In my opinion.

They are very, we have them on other vehicles but it is always good to hear other opinions and experiences. In car sizes their are others to come up against them Continental and Pirelli for example. Pirrelli and continental do very well in fact but not 4x4 or van sizes I think!

 

[The Bear78]

Also, the passenger side are more work than the drivers side both front and rear. TIA.

If a typical journey for you involves a lot of roundabouts, this can certainly cause increased passenger side wear.
It will be interesting to see if the aligment makes a difference.