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Sedans Mazda6 MAZDASPEED6 Tires and Wheels
45 messages, Last post on Aug 27, 2008 at 7:20 PM
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Looking for a little advice. I have a MS6, Black, 12K miles. when I bought it, I swapped out the stock summers for all seasons. I went with Pirelli P zero Nero 21540 18 from tire rack. no trouble initially, good in some snow in jan, feb. not bad overall tires. The problem has been wear. One of them is wearing unevenly. had one flat already (replaces with another pirelli). based on tread wear indicators, i probably have 1-2K more on the three originals. The dealer has checked the alignment and can't explain uneven tread wear. I am thinking of changing out all four. Seems to be a limited set of choices at the OEM size. Has anyone upsized to 225 40 or 45 18's using the original wheels? there seems to be much more choice at that size. anyone else have a tire wear issue? door sill recomends 38psi. that is higher than I normally run, are people keeping their tires this high? thanks in advance
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Replying to: keymaster1 (Oct 27, 2006 9:12 pm) Please let me know what you learn as I plan to replace with a 225/40/18 probably toyo or yokohoma.. This small size change should not cause us ANY problems.. Later - Morgan
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Replying to: pounder2 (Oct 29, 2006 12:30 pm) Please let me know what you learn as I plan to replace with a 225/40/18 probably toyo or yokohoma.. This small size change should not cause us ANY problems.. Later - Morgan If you live in a climate where it snows you need all seasons. "Summer" tires are not designed to deal with cold temperatures and lack the edges to bite on icey/snowy roads. If you like your summer tires, you might want to consider just getting pure winter tires on alternate wheels for when there is white stuff falling. If the stock 16" from a regular Mazda6 will clear the brakes, I am sure a set of those can be picked up super cheap. |
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Replying to: lilengineerboy (Oct 29, 2006 2:36 pm)
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Replying to: pounder2 (Oct 29, 2006 2:49 pm) While its good to know you feel invincible in your AWD car, I wanted to point out that it offers little advantage when trying to do things other than accelerate, like STOPPING or TURNING. With summer tires, you will be even more at a disadvantage since you don't even have the tread compounds afforded by "all season" tires. Whats worse is once you do spin off in the ditch, your summer tires wont grip to get you back on the road, and everyone can watch all 4 of your tires spinning in the snow. |
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Replying to: pounder2 (Oct 29, 2006 2:49 pm) Summer tires can/will get dangerous with temperature drop. You need no snow. Dry and cold will render them almost useless. Wishing you best of luck. Krzys
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Replying to: krzyss (Oct 30, 2006 4:49 am) |
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Replying to: pegasuszz (Oct 30, 2006 7:28 am) Double check that, usually the lease calls for 4 matched tires but not necessarily what was originally on there. While it is more of a pain, you could have your snows and summers mounted and unmounted on the same rims. Alternatively, I would look for some regular Mazda6 wheels (cheeap)if they clear the brakes. |
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Replying to: pegasuszz (Oct 30, 2006 7:28 am) It dusted when reviewer was dining. The car was unable to move from parking spot. M5 is not AWD but it does have traction control. I guess there was no traction. Krzys |
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