Strange tyre wear pattern

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woodypup59

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650 posts

167 months

Monday 20th June 2022
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Any ideas what is causing these strange wear patterns on these original (8 yo) front tyres. They've done about 20 k miles

Compare with a newish rear tyre of the same make.

Car is a low mileage 2015 Fiesta 1.0 Ecoboost owned from new by us, not raced or rallied !






anonymous-user

69 months

Monday 20th June 2022
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What bit do you think is strange?

The circular patterns look like they are from 'dry steering' - stop turning your steering wheel when the car is static.

The fact they are cracked around the circumference and down close to the markers is probably just because it's a FWD car on 8 year old tyres, the front will wear out quicker given they are driven and do the steering.

Pica-Pica

15,204 posts

99 months

Monday 20th June 2022
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8 year old tyres? Change them.

woodypup59

Original Poster:

650 posts

167 months

Monday 20th June 2022
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yellowbentines said:
What bit do you think is strange?

The circular patterns look like they are from 'dry steering' - stop turning your steering wheel when the car is static.

The fact they are cracked around the circumference and down close to the markers is probably just because it's a FWD car on 8 year old tyres, the front will wear out quicker given they are driven and do the steering.

I appreciate they are well worn.

Its the vertical lines which you can see from the shadows are proud of the surface which look odd.

Perhaps its the carcass or another layer of rubber showing through ?

Funk

26,818 posts

224 months

Monday 20th June 2022
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Agreed. I'd reckon those were the original rears, moved to the front (correctly) when the original fronts wore out and the fresh rubber was put on the rear.

Cracking's down to age and as Yellowbentines said, stop twirling the steering with the car stood still - it's not good for the steering.

I'd be putting new tyres on that; move the rears to the front if poss. but looking at how fresh they are it's probably not critical.

woodypup59 said:

I appreciate they are well worn.

Its the vertical lines which you can see from the shadows are proud of the surface which look odd.

Perhaps its the carcass or another layer of rubber showing through ?
Moot if you're replacing them (which you should)...

anonymous-user

69 months

Monday 20th June 2022
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woodypup59 said:

I appreciate they are well worn.

Its the vertical lines which you can see from the shadows are proud of the surface which look odd.

Perhaps its the carcass or another layer of rubber showing through ?
Got you now.

Are they Goodyear by any chance?

woodypup59

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650 posts

167 months

Monday 20th June 2022
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They're Continentals.

Interesting comment about Goodyears.