Replacement tyres

[PhilT]

Best replacement tyres
Any advice on best tyres to get when originals have worn out. Have got the original Continental Premium Contact c which have done 16000 miles which is great.

 

[Bam Bam]

Best replacement tyres
Any advice on best tyres to get when originals have worn out. Have got the original Continental Premium Contact c which have done 16000 miles which is great.

I just got Contact 7's which weren't budget tyres but seemed to have good ratings.

The problem with rating systems is that they end up getting gamed by the producers.

A few people here have commented that some EV tyres have less tread in order to get better efficiency (and noise?) ratings. That means they will run out sooner.

Winter tyres?
Will you want winter tyres for your mountainous living?

I don't think those are necessary here in the flat South East, and you've been getting on fine with the standard tyres by the sounds of it.

 

[Rip Van]

Best replacement tyres
Any advice on best tyres to get when originals have worn out. Have got the original Continental Premium Contact c which have done 16000 miles which is great.

Only 16000? Surely you jest?

 

[PhilT]

I just got Contact 7's which weren't budget tyres but seemed to have good ratings.

The problem with rating systems is that they end up getting gamed by the producers.

A few people here have commented that some EV tyres have less tread in order to get better efficiency (and noise?) ratings. That means they will run out sooner.

Winter tyres?
Will you want winter tyres for your mountainous living?

I don't think those are necessary here in the flat South East, and you've been getting on fine with the standard tyres by the sounds of it.

Thanks managed to get the ones already on the car.

 

[stevie211]

Stuck all season on mine and made a difference straight away. No more greasy slides in corners.

 

[Slipstream]

I just got Contact 7's which weren't budget tyres but seemed to have good ratings.

The problem with rating systems is that they end up getting gamed by the producers.

A few people here have commented that some EV tyres have less tread in order to get better efficiency (and noise?) ratings. That means they will run out sooner.

Winter tyres?
Will you want winter tyres for your mountainous living?

I don't think those are necessary here in the flat South East, and you've been getting on fine with the standard tyres by the sounds of i

ice tyres 8mm
EV tyres 6mm
From new.

 

[APMG]

Yea after driving today in the original I thought I might have a chance in the next Disney on Ice musical.


Guess I need to look at some Continental All Season Contact 2 Tyres. I believe the trophy is on 18 inch alloys for Tyres 235/45 R18. Right?

 

[AndyL61]

Best replacement tyres
Any advice on best tyres to get when originals have worn out. Have got the original Continental Premium Contact c which have done 16000 miles which is great.

My original Continentals are now at 31k miles. I reckon they should do another 3 to 4 k . I did swap them front to back at 18 k.

 

[DelBoy]

I'm on the originals and have done 14k miles with plenty of meat left on them.

 

[NickHeynes]

I'm on the originals at 36k miles. About 4mm all round . I reckon March to change. Probably be around 40k mi by then. I'm impressed.

 

[DerekH]

I'm on the originals at 36k miles. About 4mm all round . I reckon March to change. Probably be around 40k mi by then. I'm impressed.

Yeh I rotated mine as rears were wearing quicker. Original bridgestones on my 77kWh long range and just clicked over 30,000 km. Still life left in them, maybe another 10,000 max and think they will need replacing 40,000 km not bad and originals. Wonder if the originals start with more tread than replacement ev tyres?

 

[Morrit19]

Original tyres on my MG4 at 48000 km. Still plenty of tread (> 4mm) front and rear.

 

[ReintjeWA]

Yeh I totated mine as rears were wearing quicker. Original bridgestones on my 77kw long range and just clicked over 30,000kms. Still life left in them, maybe another 10,000 max and think they will need replacing 40,000 km not bad and originals. Wonder if the originals start with more tread than replacement ev tyres?

If your original tyre was the Bridgestone Turanza T005 EV it would have started life with less thread than most tyres, as they start out on 6mm. Bridgestone claims this is quieter for EVs. I don't know what the OE fitted Continentals start with though.

 

[PhilT]

My original Continentals are now at 31k miles. I reckon they should do another 3 to 4 k . I did swap them front to back at 18 k.

Cor blimey!! Or words to that effectMust be my driving !!!!

 

[mg4nick]

I just did my second service yesterday and they gave me red warnings (2.6mm) for the rear tyres and yellow for the fronts (3.6mm). The car still has the original Continental tyres (which I've also noticed are not particularly grippy at times).
They conveniently attached a quote for Nexen tyres £130 each (which I declined due to the rather bad -D- rolling resistance label).
The car has done 19k miles.

I generally don't go over the speed limits but I tend to accelerate to the speed limit much quicker than I used to in an ICE car (it just seems so effortless...).

Considering that EV tyres start with 6mm thread - is a yellow warning @3.6mm right (or is this just an aggressive sales tactic)?

Do you think it is worth swapping fronts to back at this stage (or just swap them all in 2-3 months when the rears get close to the 1.6mm legal limit)? There is a local tyre shop which does this for £15/tyre - so the swapping would cost £60. Can you just swap the wheels from front to back or you need to actually take the tyres off the wheels?

Anyone has tried the Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2 (I'm curious about the reduced noise 69dB vs 72dB for most Continentals).

 

[siteguru]

Red/Yellow warnings are a simplified traffic light system, and I don't believe that there is any industry-wide guidance regarding this. So IMHO it is all just sales scare tactics.

At my 2nd service (8.6k miles) my tyres were like this:

 

[ReintjeWA]

I agree with @siteguru that yellow and red warnings are all a bit of a scare/sales tactic. A tyre is legal or it is not (like being pregnant), so a yellow doesn’t mean much.

I would definitely pay to have the wheels swapped around (the specific term for this is rotating the wheels), or if you are able to you can do it yourself of course. They do not need to remove the tyres when doing this, they just swap the complete wheel. With this specific car though, it appears that the tpms sensors are not automatically assigned their new corner, so a low pressure warning for your front right might actually be on your rear left now. Although a handful of people report the car does update the position, it is far from confirmed that this happens automatically.

If this bothers you, you can reprogram the car/tpms, but honestly it’s not worth the hassle in my opinion. If you were to have a puncture, you’re stopping the car anyway, it’s not like you keep driving on the three good corners.

There are a few threads in here that talk about different tyres options, you should be able to find them using the search function in the top right corner.

Edit;

Thread 'Tyre advice'

Nov 10, 2024

Hello everyone,

We've had a thing this week where one tyre deflates itself from 37 to 30 PSI (1.9 bar) pretty quickly, then stays there.

Can't see any obvious issues so possibilities are: 1) an issue with the valve or 2) a really small hole that closes itself up once the tyre deflates to 30PSI.

If we do have to replace the tyre does anyone have any strong recommendations or warnings?

Bridgestone Turanza 6 £127.99
Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons G3 £139.99
Continental PremiumContact 7 £132.99
Michelin e.PRIMACY £154.99

The Michelin rates higher for...

• Bam Bam
• hole mg4 tyre valve
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• Forum: MG4 EV Forum

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Thread 'New Tyre Recommendations?'

Dec 7, 2024

I’ll be soon looking at some new tyres for my XPOWER and wanted to ask what would be the best choice?

So far I’ve narrowed it down to:

1). Hankook iON Evo (£160 each)

2). Bridgestone Turanza 6 (£135 each)

3). Michelin Primacy 4+ (£168 each)


Would anyone recommend these or another?

• CarbonEV
• mg4 recommendations tire tyre
• Replies: 9
• Forum: MG4 EV Forum

There are more posts and tyre recommendations in the topics talking about punctures

 

[AndyL61]

Legal limit in the UK is 1.6 so you could argue you have loads left. Mine is still on the original Conti's at approaching 35 k miles. Will be changing them soon a they are now approaching 2mm. Been ok tbh.

 

[MattyS]

When I bought my car with 8550 on the clock I was advised that the rear tires were very close to being under the requirements. Id like to get them swapped but due to my disability I cannot do it myself . Will have to ask the dealer

 

[Bam Bam]

When I bought my car with 8550 on the clock I was advised that the rear tires were very close to being under the requirements. Id like to get them swapped but due to my disability I cannot do it myself . Will have to ask the dealer

We've had tyres replaced (screws causing punctures) at our local tyre place. Didn't consider the dealer as they are 40 minutes away from us and I doubt they would be cheap.