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- Thread starter Tankdave
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Where's your sense of adventure - we have been out today - although I did take the CX-30, bigger and softer tyres!
These standard tyres are hard rubber if the tyre skipping/banging is anything to go by every time I pull off my drive on full lock.
Not wanting to be wheel spinning everywhere with a break-in rev limit also.
I will probably get a set of 18's for next winter with Cross Climates, they were great on the Audi
Not wanting to be wheel spinning everywhere with a break-in rev limit also.
I will probably get a set of 18's for next winter with Cross Climates, they were great on the Audi
@Tankdave, it'll soon be warming up buddy. Once it starts getting above 15c the PZeros won't be so bad and you'll get a Summer out of them at least.
I kept my PZeros on from 1st March (pick-up) until late August, whereupon I swapped them out for a set of CC2 on the 19" OEM rims. I've been driving on the CC2s ever since and will probably not change to anything else now - unless an even better set of A/S tyres comes out when it's time to replace them.
Keep it shiney side up!
PS: In contrast to your photo, the sun is splitting the bright blue sky here in Dunfermline but, having just shelled out on it's yearly Ceramic Refresh, my KonaN is properly tucked away, on the Optimiser and under its posh covers, in preparation for the sh*te weather forecast for the weekend ...
I kept my PZeros on from 1st March (pick-up) until late August, whereupon I swapped them out for a set of CC2 on the 19" OEM rims. I've been driving on the CC2s ever since and will probably not change to anything else now - unless an even better set of A/S tyres comes out when it's time to replace them.
Keep it shiney side up!
PS: In contrast to your photo, the sun is splitting the bright blue sky here in Dunfermline but, having just shelled out on it's yearly Ceramic Refresh, my KonaN is properly tucked away, on the Optimiser and under its posh covers, in preparation for the sh*te weather forecast for the weekend ...
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If it snows bad it’s 4wd and the old girl makes a appearance otherwise she’s only out form summer shows.
Yes there are loads of posts regarding this for the Kona N and i30N and it seems nearly all these vehicles clonk on full lock - something to do with the Ackerman effect I understand.
Basically it is caused by a combination of steering/suspension/LSD geometry which is optimised for handling at higher speeds
and NOT for slow speed full lock turns!It seems the Pirelli P Zeros also exacerbate the problem due to the harder compound they use, especially in the cold weather but then again I think summer tyres are only rated down to 8 deg C so they are well out of their comfort zone at the moment.
There are quite a few owners that have changed tyres and found this diminishes or greatly reduces the noise especially with CC or AS versions.
Mine also makes this embarrassing noise especially when I reverse off my drive just as the inner tyre drops over the very small edging lip onto the tarmac - than I have to pull forward on opposite full lock and the other tyre starts jumping. Much worse in this cold weather. (Narrow private cul-de-sac road so I have to drive to the turning bay at the end which involves even more clonking!)
It seems there are many cars that exhibit this behaviour and I got interested in the MB GLC some while ago and there were a multitude of complaints on various forums about this phenomena (seemingly only RHD versions) and the response from MB was basically "go away and fit winter tyres"! Problem is, that did not seem to cure it!
Very interested in the CC2 fitted on the OEM rims as I was having similar thoughts myself - they are flipping expensive though.
Did you notice whether they are less noisy/more compliant/as grippy (in the dry) as the Pirelli? What is the wear like so far?
I couldn’t tell any difference in the warm weather during normal road driving. I never tracked them so can’t comment on that aspect. Wear is better than the PZeros. Wet/Cold/Snow grip puts them in a class way above PZeros though - ideal for Scotland! Expensive, yes (£806 fully fitted) but worth it for me.
I had a MB GLC and the MoCo did replace the tyres Foc but only for customers that officially complained, I did so and they fitted Vredasteins AS tyres and they DID fix the issue on the 20" rims I had, except on gravel and wet manhole covers.
I'm saving up now for my CC tyres, they were fine on my 300hp SQ2 but that was shared across 4 tyres not two.
I'm saving up now for my CC tyres, they were fine on my 300hp SQ2 but that was shared across 4 tyres not two.
Ouch!
The only thing I did not ask - do the CC2 cure the full lock tyre hop?