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Post Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:36 pm

Has onyone else had this happen to there federal's ? Not happy as there is lots of tread left.

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Post Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:46 pm

i would say the drop your car has and the wearing of the inner edge of the tread has led to the tyre cooking a bit.

Had a similar situaiton with the Yoko AVS tyres that were on my soarer when I got it, funnily enough I replaced them with federals :mad:
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Post Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:55 pm

i have seen this on fedals b4 i have rung my mate a stick fit and he recons there bad news
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Post Tue Jul 11, 2006 2:10 pm

i've heard bad news about them too

i dont go cheap when i buy tyres. they're the last thig between you and the road, and the whats gonna keep you on it at the end of the day!
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Post Tue Jul 11, 2006 2:11 pm

stuartgallafant wrote:i've heard bad news about them too

i dont go cheap when i buy tyres. they're the last thig between you and the road, and the whats gonna keep you on it at the end of the day!
u get what ya pay for as stu said.
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Post Tue Jul 11, 2006 2:15 pm

They where on the wheels when I got them. I think it is because of the neg camber where it has been lowerd, more of a reason to get the camber sorted.

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Post Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:02 pm

i've never had a tre failre like that, maybe better brand tyres will be the cure?
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Post Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:06 pm

just had a look at my rears on the soarer and there is a split/gash out of the side wall on the inner side.

Don't think it's realated but I think a possible cause is speed humps. The soarer is just about wide enough so you can get a wheel either side, but occasionally i get it wrong and you catch the inner edge of the tyre.

Personally I'm sick of low profile tyres. Never had a problem with tyres until I started running cars with 17's & 18's. May go back to standard 16's and get some ride quality back too.
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Post Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:51 pm

I am going to get 16" wheels next. Its not just one tyre its all 4 they havent done many miles.

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