Recommendations for online tyres for rear of MG4 Trophy LR

[pomegran]

Hi,

My wife's MG4 LR after 12 months is down to 3mm on the rear. This is our first purchase for tyres so would welcome some advice.

The tyres are Bridgestone 235/45 R18 W on the rear. Just looking at Black Circles and they're around the £140 each fitted for a branded tyre. Is this in the right ballpark? Not even sure what "EV ready" means on the tyres. Is that just marketing pap?

Thanks for your help.

 

[siteguru]

EV marketed tyres often have stronger sidewalls (due to the inherently greater weight vs vehicle size) and foam inserts (to help with road noise deadening). You don't have to stick with the original brand of tyres though.

How many miles does that 3mm equate to?

 

[tsedge]

Just be careful that they don't mix the wheels up or your tyre pressure sensors will be out of place - best to be explicit with them that you have individual sensors one in each tyre and they are coded for each specific tyre position.

 

[pomegran]

How many miles does that 3mm equate to?

Not sure. They're 80% worn at 3mm according to the dealer.

 

[siteguru]

How are you not sure? Just look at your odometer in the car.

(I appreciate that my phrasing before may not have been optimal).

 

[pomegran]

How are you not sure? Just look at your odometer in the car.

(I appreciate that my phrasing before may not have been optimal).

Not sure how it's relevant to my question , but it's at 11,000 miles so I have approximately ~2,500 miles left.

I'm just looking for recommendations at this time to replace.

 

[siteguru]

Thanks - it was more understand wear rate. As I recall these tyres start with about 7mm of tread, so you've lost 4mm in 11,000 miles, or 2,750 per mm. That would mean about 3,800 miles to reach the 1.6mm minimum, or less than 15k miles - that's quite low.

How are the fronts looking? (Wear in the MG4, excepting maybe the XPower, should be fairly even front to back).

 

[tsedge]

That's a lot of wear. My Trophy LR has done 18,000 miles in 19 months and we still have about 4-4.5mm on the fronts and 3.5mm on the rears. Still on the stock Chinese rubber. Front tread is noticeably thicker (tyres have not been rotated).

We'll most likely change them next service at about 23,000 miles, but obviously will monitor and do them sooner if needed.

I'd say our level of wear is ok but the tyres didn't start off with a massive deep tread pattern, so 30,000 miles would be possible with other tyres and of course probably more if I didn't keep burying the throttle! ?

 

[mg4]

Not sure if this helps.

We were strongly advised against all-weather tires. The reasoning was that those tires are neither great at low temps or at high ones, and due to the weight of the electric cars and the high acceleration and torque, they (car tire service) see customers changing them even after 10 months if driven as a company car.

Not much numbers were given...

But our tires (same car, model, same summer tires) also seem to be at the end of life, the rear ones at least. The front ones are seeming between 50 and 60 percent left, rear about 20 percent left in them.

We did do 25 000 km, out of which 20 000 km were on the summer tires. And 2 long 6000 km trips covering 2500 km in 40 hours, last one of which over 40 degrees Celsius (shade air temp).

Also curious to what suggestions you get, subscribing.

 

[MuzGB1970]

I had my rear tyres changed about a month ago, I went for Bridgestone Turanza 6 All Season via Black Circles. What a difference! They are so much better than the standard rubber, it's crazy to think how much better the grip is in all conditions! I'll be changing the fronts to the same next year when they have worn down sufficiently. These tyres are not cheap, about £170 each, but I certainly think they are worth the extra cost for the security you feel.

 

[tsedge]

I won't be going for all-seasons myself as it never gets cold enough here, so I'll be looking for decent set of summer tyres that don't cost the earth.

 

[MuzGB1970]

I won't be going for all-seasons myself as it never gets cold enough here, so I'll be looking for decent set of summer tyres that don't cost the earth.

I completely understand where you're coming from, not much snow around for me either but I think the All Season tyres give so much better grip in the wet too. The difference to the standard rubber is really noticeable and gives me much more confidence in all conditions.

 

[tsedge]

I completely understand where you're coming from, not much snow around for me either but I think the All Season tyres give so much better grip in the wet too. The difference to the standard rubber is really noticeable and gives me much more confidence in all conditions.

That's worth knowing, thanks.

 

[Ian Key]

It will be interesting to see how long all season tyres last compared to summer tyres. I suspect some of the reason they have better grip and are quieter is they use softer rubber.

 

[pomegran]

Thanks - it was more understand wear rate. As I recall these tyres start with about 7mm of tread, so you've lost 4mm in 11,000 miles, or 2,750 per mm. That would mean about 3,800 miles to reach the 1.6mm minimum, or less than 15k miles - that's quite low.

How are the fronts looking? (Wear in the MG4, excepting maybe the XPower, should be fairly even front to back).

Ah, that's interesting. Maybe I've got a bit more wear left than I thought. I'll probably get enough 3-4 months out of them as they stand. Thanks!

 

[gazza487]

I had my rear tyres changed about a month ago, I went for Bridgestone Turanza 6 All Season via Black Circles. What a difference! They are so much better than the standard rubber, it's crazy to think how much better the grip is in all conditions! I'll be changing the fronts to the same next year when they have worn down sufficiently. These tyres are not cheap, about £170 each, but I certainly think they are worth the extra cost for the security you feel.

I got a puncture this week had one of these put on at Halfords (not the cheapest place but I used some points on works rewards platform). Fitted they look alright with a made in Italy stamp on them.

 

[siteguru]

Ah, that's interesting. Maybe I've got a bit more wear left than I thought. I'll probably get enough 3-4 months out of them as they stand. Thanks!

On the flip-side ... in winter conditions you don't really want to be running your tyres down as low as 1.6mm.

 

[Robf]

I have had all weathers on my zs for over a year, brilliant, transformed the handling. Will change the mg4 before winter. All seasons are as good as any other tyres for wear now. There are so many test sites where you can confirm this

 

[mg4]

But our tires (same car, model, same summer tires) also seem to be at the end of life, the rear ones at least. The front ones are seeming between 50 and 60 percent left, rear about 20 percent left in them.

Hmm, time to self correct, i had the tires checked by a tool i have had handy, but i relied on "eyeballing it".

Rear tires have a bit over 4mm left, front have a bit under 5mm left.

Not sure what the new state is, but seems ok for 20000 km. I was already ok with the wear when i thought i will be replacing them.

 

[Ganymede]

I'm just about to change our tyres, they are the ones that came with the car when it was new, have done nearly 31000 miles with a little bit of tread left (ie still legal >1.6mm but not much to go). Very happy with that. Is it worth just getting the same tyes as they seem good? They are Continental "Extra Load" which I assume allows for extra battery weight.