Thread: Front inside tyre wear on both tires

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Sounds like you're running with the wrong tyre pressure! Check the pressure...if you drive with too low (or too high) pressure, then this will cause uneven tyre wear! For a Mk5 you should be running on 2.8 bar (approx 40 or 41 psi) on all four tyres! I know that sounds high but thats what VW recommend (check the inside of the fuel flap)

Think that will sort out your prob....well, when you get new tyres on!!

Ian

Originally Posted by irish_r32

Going over speed bumps one wheel at a time can cause irregular wear like that. Had the same problem on my golf.

mmm speed bumps won't do it......the cars are heavy and 4wd...the wear on the insides is from cornering and the inside tyre scrubbing the edge with the under steer....alot of the Audi's do it.....A8's are terrible for doing it...

Thank you for all your replys tyre pressure are checked every week shes my second wife LOL

14000 is not to bad.... i managed 8000 on my goodyear F1's.....

Originally Posted by Slapbladder

mmm speed bumps won't do it......the cars are heavy and 4wd...the wear on the insides is from cornering and the inside tyre scrubbing the edge with the under steer....alot of the Audi's do it.....A8's are terrible for doing it...

Thank you Slapbladder she got 14000 miles out of them so not too bad!

Originally Posted by delta

Thank you for all your replys tyre pressure are checked every week shes my second wife LOL

Ha.....dont let your first wife see this!!!! If it aint your tyre pressures, then i dont know what it could be!! Sorry!!

Originally Posted by R32_Ian

Ha.....dont let your first wife see this!!!! If it aint your tyre pressures, then i dont know what it could be!! Sorry!!

LOL lucky she is in bed thanks for your help mate

Originally Posted by Slapbladder

14000 is not to bad.... i managed 8000 on my goodyear F1's.....

8000! how much are the F1's mate

not cheap as 235/35/19's

I find 40/41 psi a bit high. I put 37 psi all round for a less crashy ride. Both my fronts were bald on the inside that had done 13k miles.

I live in london and the roads are shite. Potholes everywhere so the high psi is not really ideal for me.

Originally Posted by mikesr32

41 a bit too much?

I pumped mine up this morn -
41 rear and 45 up front and they still look a little low.
When I had my tyres on they were 38 all round and it was like driving on marshmallow . Lol

Mike

that is dangerous chap...

If a company like VW put a value on the petrol cap why go above it?

look on your tyres the MAX load will be around 50psi which is the absolute max....

you should never have that pressure in a normal road tyre.

If the car is not handling well i would look at other things rather than the tyre if the pressures are correct. cracks in the side walls? bad tread? suspension bushes?

with those pressures you will eat the middle of the tyre and the car will be dangerous in the wet as the contact patch of the tyre will be tiny....

my tyres were very worn on the inside when I had 4 new Bridgestone RE050's stuck on last week. 225/40/18 and cost me £470.

My previous tyres were a combo of Pirelli P Zero's on the front and Conti Sport 2's on the rear. The Pirelli's sucked.

38-40 psi on the front
36-38 psi on the rear

the rear of the car is a touch lighter so requires slightly less psi....

Thank you all for you replys.

Originally Posted by Slapbladder

38-40 psi on the front
36-38 psi on the rear

the rear of the car is a touch lighter so requires slightly less psi....

I agree mate ive 38 front and 36 rear that car stick to the road like shit to a blanket!