Yaris T Tyres/alloys

[ratus9]

Just looked at my front tyres to find that they have worn out on the outsides i know it’s the tracking but i only had it tracked in Jan 2003 and has done 7k is this normal.

Also the alloys have started to corrode up anyone else have this problem?

what replacement tyres should i put on as i find the oe crap in wet they just wheel spin too much.

I thought about getting some Michelin EXALTO or the GoodYear F1-GSD2

what u all using apart from having larger alloys etc.

thanks

[TheNissanMan]

Goodyear F1's are supposed to be amazing for grip although not the best wearing tyre :)

I'm running Bridgestone P6000's on the rear and Goodyear NCT 5's on the front, very happy with the Bridgestone as a number of MR2 owners have used them, only reason for the NCT 5's on the front was I got 2 of them new for £20 each.

All the best

Ryan

[matt Tspt]

Ye i also had that problem with my alloys corroding but i took them back to toyota and they replaced them under my warrenty.

Also ive just fitted some yokohama a539 tyres to my ts and they make the car feel like its got glue on the tyres and there also quite cheap at £35 a corner.

[ratus9]

glad iam not the only one with duff alloys

going to dealer tommorrow morning so they can have a look at them

well i just paid for some Michelin EXALTO £70 from ats on offer, collect Tus cos of the bank hoildays

and toyota says they cant book me in till 29th buggers cos me tyres on the limit too.

[kaz]

I have Yokohoma tyres on my TS drive brilliant really does stick to the road.

Kaz

[matt Tspt]

Are they the standard yokos or a539s cause my standard yokos were rubbish compared to my a539s.

[zee007]

Can't go wrong with Toyos.... ;)

[ratus9]

dealer told me that me alloys will take 2 weeks to turn up :D

they did'nt book me car in until they get them so that will be another week cos they will probely booked up.

[t-spurt]

ive had the original yokohamas, crap. avons, even worse especially hard cornering in dry and now toyo t1s ive put 195/50/15's on and theyre alot better in all conditions, seem to be lasting better too, got them for £36 each with valve, balance etc

[Oli]

go for the F1's. I had them on my corolla and they will shock you. Also they are great in the wet.

[mookid]

the tyre wear could be due to ur tyres being soft ?? i just got a set of 17" OZ racing SuperT's 4 my corolla t-sport, boys and girls, these look devine if ur thinking of upgrading ur ts wheels

[spwolf]

mookid, post the pics! i am looking for something for my corolla ts

[ratus9]

dealer just told me that the alloys are not in after 2 weeks and cant book me in till 13 may to put me tyres on the car.

phoned toyota uk and they are going to find out when they will arrive as the dealer should know, and will ring them.

as for the tyre's i now have to phone around to get the car booked in at another dealer.

mmmm :(

i knew this would happen

[ratus9]

well i phoned westland and they have booked my car in on wes. to fit the tyres and do the tracking :D going to cost me £91 quid was only going to cost £70 for the tracking :o .

funny how hartlands is booked up till 13th and my alloys are still booked with them and will need to go back again to get them fitted more time Ficking around wasting my time.

[ratus9]

Had my alloys fitted today thank god. :)

The tyres are better than the Bridgestone’s I can now accelerator at full revs with out the !Removed! thing slipping the only thing I don’t like about them is that they seem to breakaway bit more when corning maybe getting it lowers might help.

Also I need some advise my steering wheel judders at 70-80mph I have had the car balance twice and have had the alloys replaced as above the problem was apparent before I had new alloys and tyres.???

The only thing I can think of was a report of a Lexus having the same problem and was down to a faulty shock absorber??

Any ideas???

Oh and has anyone had problems breaking at high speed 90-0

I have twice had bad break fade. :o

thanks

[TheNissanMan]

Sounds like you should seriously get that car checked by Mr. T...

If you've got new wheels that have been balanced you shouldn't get shuddering, check pressures...

Could be suspension....

[ratus9]

Hi

Checked the tyre pressures and they are set to what is in the glove box

29 front 30 rear for two passengers I normally set it to 30 31

Mind you the rears are wearing on both the outsides of the tyres as thou they are under inflated they did that on the other one too.

[TheNissanMan]

check the suspension or try increasing the tyre pressure a bit on each side...

you shouldn't be wearing the outside tyres that quickly so would defo check the suspension first

[ratus9]

oh

well not sure how to check the supension so i will leave it to toyota they should ring me tomorrow as they where to busy today.

just in case i ment that my last yaris t did the same as my current one and it to seems worn it rear tyres on the outside.

thanks

[TheNissanMan]

yeah it's not a home job, it would be something you need mr.t to do...

[Oli]

toyota said they would swap my wheels too.

Booked in on the 4th June. Hopefully the wheel problem won't happen again.

[Oli]

damn.. i posted in the wrong post????

[Viper_7]

Aggggghhhh Well it's taken over a month to get my 4 New alloys to replace the pitted ones.

I also had two new front type put on at the same time....even though I could get them half the price at a non-toyota garage but though hey....it's toyota...they know what they aredoing...they won't damage my nice new alloys...how wrong could I be... Drivers side front has an inch long "scrap" on the rim caused by the "tyre machine" when replacing the tyres...I dunno!!!! They said that the tyres were very difficult to get on...say what..... I had the same Bridgestone potenza's put on...so no excuse really. So they are ordering me yet another alloy....hopefully not another month wait....but we'll see..... aggghhhh

Vipes

[ratus9]

prob will be a mouth :(

i took a chip out of my alloy with the wheel brace only last week and they have been on the car a few weeks now.....

and they got the car today and they are looking at the wheel wobble still for the 7th time along with a creaking rear end springs??? and the induction noise...

we will see what they will do later