One more summer out of these tires or get new ones - Toyota Yaris Forums

*PK198105* · 07-21-2009, 09:23 PM

Hey guys/gals

I got my tires about a year and a half ago , as you can see my front ones are starting to bald and i can defiantly feel them slipping a bit more up front in the wet. Should i just rotate or get a new set for next summer. My worry about rotating them is that if the fronts are used up and i put them in the back the end will unhook more easily. what are your thoughts

here are the pics order: front left, front side and rear left. i just did the left side since the right side shows identical wear

R2D2 · 07-21-2009, 09:31 PM

They look good from my house! :)

Seriously though they look plenty legal but I would put more stock in how they feel-if they were letting you down in the wet traction dept I'd replace em. Better to spend some money than hurt yourself or your ride...

R2

gammaray · 07-21-2009, 10:26 PM

It really depends on how aggressive you drive. Looks good to me. Personally, I would rotate. I wore the tires on my Spec V down a good bit farther than that, and still drove it pretty hard. I really wouldnt want to make a call on it for your safety's sake. Just follow your gut feeling.

*kimona* · 07-21-2009, 10:36 PM

They certainly look as if there's a lot of life left to them.

*PK198105* · 07-21-2009, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by kimona

They certainly look as if there's a lot of life left to them.

i know the rears are almost like new , its the front ones im worried about. what worries me are the inner edges , if you look at the rear one and compare it to the fornt ones, the front ones are missing the middle grooves, and i can feel them slip easier now when wet

*kimona* · 07-21-2009, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by PK198105

i know the rears are almost like new , its the front ones im worried about. what worries me are the inner edges , if you look at the rear one and compare it to the fornt ones, the front ones are missing the middle grooves, and i can feel them slip easier now when wet

In that case, change the two front tyres ASAP.

thebarber · 07-21-2009, 11:31 PM

you don't rotate? where is the tread relative to the wear bars?

i say rotate your tires and roll for another season or two

*PK198105* · 07-21-2009, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by thebarber

you don't rotate? where is the tread relative to the wear bars?

i say rotate your tires and roll for another season or two

i would rotate them after this summer, i only had them for one season and a half

the front ones are about 2-3 mm from the tread wear indicator

kurokoma-kun · 07-21-2009, 11:39 PM

I vote rotate. They look good, better than mine in back. Besides that Canadian summer will be over in a couple weeks and you'll be back on snows anyway

*PK198105* · 07-21-2009, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by kurokoma-kun

I vote rotate. They look good, better than mine in back. Besides that Canadian summer will be over in a couple weeks and you'll be back on snows anyway

dont remind me lol

but honestly peeps these tires are pretty awesome it's an Yokohama S drive knock off but they're awesome. Im asking cause im not sure if i should keep them since i really like them and i cant find anymore of them anywhere

thebarber · 07-22-2009, 05:20 AM

you should rotate every 10000kms....how far have you driven w/o rotating?

*PK198105* · 07-22-2009, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by thebarber

you should rotate every 10000kms....how far have you driven w/o rotating?

10k

im getting pretty close to it

thebarber · 07-22-2009, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by PK198105

10k

im getting pretty close to it

lol, you gotta stop doing burnouts at every red light!

*PK198105* · 07-22-2009, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by thebarber

lol, you gotta stop doing burnouts at every red light!

see thats not it as i hate doing that, me its more in the corners when i power out of them..that and taking them always faster and faster

IllusionX · 07-22-2009, 10:00 AM

PK: you are very far from the worn indicator. You have to look at the indicator in the larger groove and not on the side of the tire.

the side indicator is approx 50% wear.

SailDesign · 07-22-2009, 10:08 AM

What Kimona said - if you don't want to rotate, then just buy a pair of brand new identical tyres for the front, and let the backs keep going.

*PK198105* · 07-22-2009, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by IllusionX

PK: you are very far from the worn indicator. You have to look at the indicator in the larger groove and not on the side of the tire.

the side indicator is approx 50% wear.

yeah i know , but thats just it the fronts are about 2-3mm from the indicator

*PK198105* · 07-22-2009, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by SailDesign

What Kimona said - if you don't want to rotate, then just buy a pair of brand new identical tyres for the front, and let the backs keep going.

problem is i cant find these tires anywhere anymore

07-21-2009, 09:31 PM	#2
R2D2 Crazy Oil Sniffer Drives: MM 09 Yaris 5 Dr LB "Click" Join Date: May 2009 Location: ME Posts: 499	They look good from my house! :) Seriously though they look plenty legal but I would put more stock in how they feel-if they were letting you down in the wet traction dept I'd replace em. Better to spend some money than hurt yourself or your ride... R2 __________________ "The howl was the sound of God’s casting pot, the morphing of my cells into shape, the forming of oceans out of molten premordial plasma. And I could feel it. I could cry for it. I could cry with it." -The Fitful One

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thebarber daily driver View User's Garage Drives: the #wrecho Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,929	you don't rotate? where is the tread relative to the wear bars? i say rotate your tires and roll for another season or two __________________

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thebarber daily driver View User's Garage Drives: the #wrecho Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,929	you should rotate every 10000kms....how far have you driven w/o rotating? __________________

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gammaray Drives: 09 3D Liftback Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Tn Posts: 39	It really depends on how aggressive you drive. Looks good to me. Personally, I would rotate. I wore the tires on my Spec V down a good bit farther than that, and still drove it pretty hard. I really wouldnt want to make a call on it for your safety's sake. Just follow your gut feeling.

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kimona Super Moderator Drives: 2014 White VITZ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Huntington Bch, CA Posts: 4,933	They certainly look as if there's a lot of life left to them.

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IllusionX It's the illusion you see View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Sedan Aero Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brossard, QC Posts: 3,924	PK: you are very far from the worn indicator. You have to look at the indicator in the larger groove and not on the side of the tire. the side indicator is approx 50% wear.

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SailDesign Drives: . Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: . Posts: 1,991	What Kimona said - if you don't want to rotate, then just buy a pair of brand new identical tyres for the front, and let the backs keep going.