better beware, feels totally off

Current price for 175/65R14 CC6 RM 165 x 4 = RM 660

What lim tayar is offering 3 + 1 = RM 690

So their original price is = RM 920 which is crazy high

This post has been edited by epjx31: Dec 30 2022, 12:27 PM

4st is the Asia spec while 4 is the european spec. Not sure about the noise but it has to do with the local driving behaviour between Europe Vs Asia

No reason to change your XM2 If you have still a lot of tread.

I would say wet braking about 5% while having a slightly better mileage. How much tread depth is left on your MC5?

UC6 for RM 685 for this size is a bargain. Is it on offer?

Hi there, thanks for writing such a detailed post.

First question is what is your tread depth of your tires. 4 year old tire should not be the reason to change tires.

Always replace new tires at the rear.

Sorry I'm not so sure about the alignment details but from an engineering guess it should be the same.

1. The rear with 4mm looks fine.
2. The front tires with a straight rib crack looks awful bad. I am worried that this affects your stiffness --> wear + noise.

My professional recommendation. Change your front tires. Place the new set of tires at the rear & your old rear tires is place in the front now.

Rotate every 10,000 km to smoothen out your wear. Maybe after 2 cycles you should be aligned

You should change this immediately. This is safety issue.

Exactly

From a tire engineer stand point I tend to disagree.

The main load carrying component is the air which is stored inside the tire. When you have insufficient forces withholding your vehicle load, you create stresses at the sidewall's flexing area. When you go though small bumps, or pot holes this would exponentially magnified.

If the worse possible outcome is an accident, is it worth your $ ?

Based on my price table

Name Tire Size Price(RM)
Toyo Nano Energy NE03 205/60R16 302
Continental UC6 205/60R16 (UC6) 407
Michelin Energy XM2+ 205/60R16 420
Michelin Primacy 4st 205/60R16 435

There is 4 options with your size. UC6 or XM2+ looks good

I would not recommend to have different sizes due to varying outer diameter complications.

Would really stay away from china tires. They do not provide value. They might bin good in one performance criteria but performs extremely bad in the other. Low target conflict management.

Yes wet braking is a function of tread depth as the void on the pattern helps you evacuate water.

The question is how bad your wet braking distance will be ?

You could see a quick comparison between the wet performances of a 1.6mm tread depth vs full tread depth tires

MICHELIN Primacy 4+ (new : 22,8m - worn : 31,5m) versus BRIDGESTONE TuranzaT005 (new : 22,6m - worn : 36,4m); CONTINENTAL PremiumContact 6 (new :23,1m - worn : 35,3m); GOODYEAR EfficientGrip Performance 2 (new : 23,8m - worn : 35,5m) competitors.

You loose about 10-14m or so. This is a huge difference especially when it comes to an emergency brake situation on wet.

Hence my advice is , please change your tires ! if not please be aware of the risk you are taking.

Based on my price table, here are some options.

Name Tire Size Price(RM)
Michelin Pilot Sport 4S 225/40R18 1110
Kumho Ecsta PS31 225/40R18 435
Yokohama Advan Fleva V701 225/40R18 475
Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE004 225/40R18 479
Continental Max Contact 6 225/40R18 618
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 225/40R18 (NEW PS5) 835

Would say MC6 or PS5 is quiet. But those are easily +200/300 more

Sidewall puncture is not recommended for repair as this area incurs the highest amount of stress during normal use. Hence sidewall damage is usually classified as unrepairable.

Just to clarify tires would not explode !!!!! It is not made out of explosives.

The cause of concern is when you are running the tire at high speed, a sudden lose of pressure would force your tire to rotate without sufficient support as air is not longer present to withstand the load. Hence this cause a big "show" as your tire will degrade badly due to the high forces being exerted on it.

Hope this helps

reliable as in it will carry the load of the car, yes for sure.

but if you are looking for safety such as wet braking or value such as mileage, they are currently no where near what the mid or premium side.

Thanks.

Hi there,

Could you be so kind to measure the tread depth ? both center & shoulder.

Based on the pictures, I do not see any structural damages which means the tire is still well intact.

For me the bigger concern is how much tread depth is left. As previously stated, there is a huge difference in wet performances comparing low vs new tire. This is a risk you should understand.

What was the main concern from your side?

What are your main requirements? Noise ? Wet braking?

Agree with what @mdziaf said. Just be cautious during then rain. You should change once you feel that the risk is not worth anymore 😂😂😂

To be honest, it's not something you should be concern off. There is some differences which can be measured only with "technical" equipment for us in the tire industry. Running in the tires is a common practice before any wet braking or winter performance test. I would always take fresh tires, as it has less oxidation and oil migration. 😂😂😂