Wearing in Tyres

[silva33]

Hey All...

I just bought new rims and tyres...

235/40/18 Front

265/35/18 Rear

Falken 326 i think??

I have noticed I have considerably less traction than when i had my stockies on, 225/50/16.

Do the new tyres have a certain amount of distance to be travelled before they start to grip or have i just bought crap tyres??

I was shocked at how easy it as to smoke the new tyres.. with the stock tyres i could just chirp second gear, but now when i slam into second gear i can smoke the rears quite a lot...

P.s i have 183 rwkw.....

i appreciate the advise...

[ferni]

sorry but they are crap tyres

i have them on my GTR (came with it), about to change them, can't handle how bad they are

i wouldn't put them on any performance related vehicle, maybe a stock standard 6cyl ford/holden

[silva33]

Thanks,

I was afraid of that... i was just supprised that my crap stockies had a noticable amount more traction even after i totally fried them on the figure 8 at the DECA day a couple of weeks ago!!!

P.s i think i saw your car at the Auto Elec a couple of months ago.... Very Nice! I had work done there on my car previously...

Cheers

[ferni]

Yeah, how much did you pay for them out of interest?

yeah my car was at the auto elecs a couple of months ago, so would of been mine Thanks

Now you have bought the tyres, probably not much you can do... I'm about to try some hancook 104's, hopefully better than these 326's

[silva33]

Dunno about the 235's but know that i paid $250 for the 265's.... I was very close to buying the semi slicks but thought that by the time they warmed up and really started to grip my trip would be over... i was quoted $270 for the semi slicks (Falkens)...

ive been told the Hancooks are pretty good... so good luck.... im starting to think i should have just bought a new pair of 225/50/16's, as was always really suprised at the amout of grip they had.... For stock tyres anyway....

[paulr33]

new tyres take some time to wear in. about 500ks or so before they give good grip

[paulr33]

how much were the 265s? i need a set of new rear 265s

[silva33]

i paid $250 each for the 265's and i have noticed them gradually getting better but still not much chop.......

[paulr33]

from SydneyKid:

Hi Matt, road tyres take at least 500 k's to "run in". They give off oil and other lubricants used in their manufacture. So they have to heat cycle a number of times to make sure the "slippery stuff" is cooked off. When they are new the more you "smoke em up" the worse the grip gets as buckets loads of lubricants all come out at once. So run them in.

[paulr33]

see http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...ight=gtst+tyres

[Duncan]

yeah the tyres will get better after a few days....but 326s are really crappy tyres, that's why they are so cheap.....

better options from falken are st215s or even better FK451s. Still under $1500 per set but they actually have grip.