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E39 tyre wear and replacement strategy
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<blockquote data-quote="Iqlima" data-source="post: 192972" data-attributes="member: 174"><p>1. Is this normal for beemers esp. E39, i.e. rear tyres wear so much faster (because of the rear drive factor)?</p><p></p><p><em>- I believe so ...</em></p><p></p><p>2. What wud u do? Replace the rear two first? or Replace all 4? rotate front to back first to extend life? (The User Manual discourage rotation tho!)</p><p></p><p>-<em> On budget , why not ......</em></p><p></p><p>3. Any recommendations?</p><p>Some recommended Continental (locally made now, and all I can find are the ComfortConti... the tread not sexy like the Yokos, I tot), others say TOYO (?) and I actually liked the idea as it was quoted the same as the Conti yet made in Japang + sexy <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> looking tread!</p><p></p><p><em> - Soft - Sticky</em></p><p><em>- Hard - Last long</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Choose one ....</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iqlima, post: 192972, member: 174"] 1. Is this normal for beemers esp. E39, i.e. rear tyres wear so much faster (because of the rear drive factor)? [I]- I believe so ...[/I] 2. What wud u do? Replace the rear two first? or Replace all 4? rotate front to back first to extend life? (The User Manual discourage rotation tho!) -[I] On budget , why not ......[/I] 3. Any recommendations? Some recommended Continental (locally made now, and all I can find are the ComfortConti... the tread not sexy like the Yokos, I tot), others say TOYO (?) and I actually liked the idea as it was quoted the same as the Conti yet made in Japang + sexy :D looking tread! [I] - Soft - Sticky - Hard - Last long Choose one ....[/I] [/QUOTE]
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