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Senior - BHPian | ![]() I drive a Civic with Yoko C drive tyres. I liked their superb grip and handling in rain. Unfortunately i seem to have had uneven tyre wear. My car wobbles only when i drive between 70 kmph to 80 kmph and especially on inclines! Have done balancing, alignment, rotation etc. The problem just shifts to higher speeds (like 80-90). Once I go to higher speeds I have no wobble which is interesting. Anyways I am planning to change my tyres. XM2 or Earth 1? I drive through some really pathetic roads in Bangalore. I also drive fast and good grip is also another criteria I look for. Thanks for your suggestions. |
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Senior - BHPian | ![]() Possible. Depends on how hard is hard ![]() It was perfectly fine, till i did the mistake of asking the Honda service guys to do wheel balancing and alignment. Realised the problem only when i hit the highway quite sometime later. Not sure if the problem was already there and got aggravated because of improper wheeling balancing. |
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| ![]() Dear Team Members, Since March 2018, I'm running 4 Yokohama Earth 1 tyres on my VW Polo Highline. Unfortunately the experience has not been a great one. During the tyre change, I had ensured that the tyres are from the latest batch (January 2018 manufactured). In these 5 odd months, I have faced two side wall failures ![]() Both the side wall failures have been due to vehicle going through pot holes. In the first instance the speed was around 30 Km/hour and in the second instance the speed was as low as 20 km/hour. After the first incident, I had replaced the tyre with a new one (May 2018 Manufactured) by claiming warranty and this same new tyre has faced side wall failure yesterday. Now, I'm just wondering, is the side wall weak in case of Yokohama Earth 1? |
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| ![]() Anyone have an opinion on the MRF Perfinza ? Was contemplating Yoko Earth 1 vs MRF Perfinza. |
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| ![]() What air pressure do you maintain. Both very high or very low pressures could result in this kind of damage. I would suggest that you buy a reliable air pressure guage and maintain the pressure as per recommended standards. |
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| ![]() Came across this advertisement just now. I hope it helps any potential customers. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() I have Earth 1s on my WagonR which are 2 years 30k kms old (2015 manufactured). I have been doing 4 tyre rotation every 5-7k kms. In the past 6 months, I made 3 trips to the hills (Munnar, Kodaikanal and western ghats - Goa). The drive was a bit aggressive, as much as a WagonR will allow. I observe accelerated tyre wear after these trips. The tyre condition before and after the trip were very apparent though they wore out evenly. And obviously the front ones wore out more than the rear ones. Is this expected? Do the corners eat up the tyres so quickly? |
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I have the Earth 1s on my Octavia, and I frequently push the car in terms of hard/fast turns and high speed runs, and I haven't witnessed this issue in 60K kms. Last edited by Gannu_1 : 12th September 2018 at 08:13. Reason: Removed references of speeding. | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() I got the alignment checked last month and also checked the tyres in detail. They are worn out very evenly across the width of the thread. Also car goes linear and stable at high speeds without any pull or hint of vibration which makes me believe the alignment is fine. I was a bit surprised since the tyres seemed as good as new after 22k kms and they look fairly old at 30k. Out of the 8k, 6k kms are on highways or hills with speeds upto 130. I will keep observing. Last edited by GTO : 12th September 2018 at 17:01. Reason: Quoted post edited |
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