Nearly matched front tyres?

[Frimley111R]

My BMW needs a new front tyre, it is a Pirelli Cinturato P7 but they only make the P7 2 and P7 3 now. Would it still be ok to change to this or does this really constitute different tyres?

[mmm-five]

How old is the remaining P7?

If there's been 2 revisions since, then seems to imply it's an oldish tyre anyway (although the C2 was only launched in 2020, and the C3 in 2024)!

[Frimley111R]

mmm-five said:

How old is the remaining P7?

If there's been 2 revisions since, then seems to imply it's an oldish tyre anyway (although the C2 was only launched in 2020, and the C3 in 2024)!

Hmm, not sure, not really old. But then time does fly. It's in great condition with loads of tread, the only reason the one needs replacing is that tracking wore out the outer edge of it.

[E-bmw]

In fairness the original P7 was fairly crap but the updates are a significant improvement, I would change both personally.

I had the originals on a v50 when I bought them & they were terrible, 7mm tread & badly cracked at 3 years old, did some homework & found the C2 for a good price & significantly better scores all round.

[Frimley111R]

Ok, they seem fine on my BMW.

[Matt_T]

They should have a date stamp on them somewhere. Something like DOT 51 L8 JO22
The last four digits are the year of manufacture

[E-bmw]

Frimley111R said:

mmm-five said:

How old is the remaining P7?

If there's been 2 revisions since, then seems to imply it's an oldish tyre anyway (although the C2 was only launched in 2020, and the C3 in 2024)!

Hmm, not sure, not really old. But then time does fly. It's in great condition with loads of tread, the only reason the one needs replacing is that tracking wore out the outer edge of it.

Just for clarity, the tracking didn't wear out one edge of one front tyre.

If the tracking were out the steering wheel would be offset when driving straight ahead but the front wheels still self-centre equalising any wear. This will cause BOTH outside or inside edges to wear equally.

If one edge of one tyre wore out it is due to something else.

[Dynion Araf Uchaf]

Matt_T said:

They should have a date stamp on them somewhere. Something like DOT 51 L8 JO22
The last four digits are the year of manufacture

Not quite

It’ll have a four digit code something like 3422. Where 34 is the week of production and 22 is the year.

[Pica-Pica]

Dynion Araf Uchaf said:

Matt_T said:

They should have a date stamp on them somewhere. Something like DOT 51 L8 JO22
The last four digits are the year of manufacture

Not quite

It ll have a four digit code something like 3422. Where 34 is the week of production and 22 is the year.

Unless Japanese, then there will be 8 digits, but the last four will be as said. It's a moulded code not 'a stamp'.

Edited by Pica-Pica on Sunday 26th October 14:10