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[txusa03]

I know many here hate the RFT. I like it since it gave me good wear for a tire that is rated at 140 treadwear. But, it is def a very noisy tire as it wear out. I just replaced both my rear with the same RFT. The new tire are very quite (I never knew my car can e that quiet). My original front are still good for another 5K before replacing them.

Here is the rear before I replaced it. Being almost slick, it was very slippery and fun when wet and very nice grippy when dry.

Everyone has their own preference...Go RFT

[BigDog]

and if you ever got in an accident because of tires worn that low... your insurance company will tell you to piss off...

[2bmw2]

worn through wear bars? wow.

[NaViT]

wow thats worn outtttttt

[FotiosF90M5]

jeeeezus! Thats friggin totally bald.

[jonerik26]

pushing it a little close ehh

[txusa03]

Hey thanks for the lecture. I am fully aware of the "insurance piss off comment" should some fender bender happens where it was my fault. That subject has been discussed here in other thread many time.

My post is not to say that it is safe to drive with tires this worn out. I am not here to recommend anyone driving with tires worn to this degree coz I really dont know any of your driving experience. I hope that by the time you have driven your car for 37K+ miles, you would at least know how the car will behave under certain condition (wet/dry/tire wear).

With so many miles under my belt, I know how my car behave under many conditions. You have to drive very gently with tires like this. You dont fly thru a puddle of water with tire like this coz I guarantee you will loose control.

Many times, under wet conditions, my rear end kick out with slight acceleration in 3rd gear in a u turn which is very exhilarating. I only do it with great caution!

peace.................

[txusa03]

Originally Posted by jack1526

pushing it a little close ehh

I only lived once...

[jbake]

drag slicks lol

[E90330iS]

Wow, you are a very frugal man! Lol!

[P2]

Originally Posted by txusa03

I only lived once...

Past tense will be appropriate.

[sflgator]

Dude...lecture or not, you're just crazy for letting them get worn. Consider yourself very lucky for not getting into a bad accident with such worn out tires. So, basically the RFTs really wear out in ~ 20k mi. since it appears you drove on them for another 17k mi after they were worn to the point where 95% of ppl would replace them.

[e36jakeo]

The wear on the rears also suggests they may have been overinflated. The center is worn while the sides have quite a bit left, which means they were crowned due to too much pressure.

Then again it might just be the way these type of tires wear . . .

[txusa03]

Originally Posted by jbake

drag slicks lol

yeah, really exhilarating in the wet

Originally Posted by E90330iS

Wow, you are a very frugal man! Lol!

I take that as a compliment (frugal with balls of steel)

Originally Posted by sflgator

So, basically the RFTs really wear out in ~ 20k mi. since it appears you drove on them for another 17k mi after they were worn to the point where 95% of ppl would replace them.

I would say 29K miles...

Originally Posted by e36jakeo

The wear on the rears also suggests they may have been overinflated. The center is worn while the sides have quite a bit left, which means they were crowned due to too much pressure.

Then again it might just be the way these type of tires wear . . .

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe in the begining of ownership, it was over inflated coz I was not paying attention to the tire pressure and was just so happy driving the car. Later on, as I realized the middle was wearing out too much, I decided to keep an eye on the pressure and only inflated the rear to 40-41 psi.

[sflgator]

Originally Posted by txusa03

yeah, really exhilarating in the wet


I take that as a compliment (frugal with balls of steel)


I would say 29K miles...


I was thinking the same thing. Maybe in the begining of ownership, it was over inflated coz I was not paying attention to the tire pressure and was just so happy driving the car. Later on, as I realized the middle was wearing out too much, I decided to keep an eye on the pressure and only inflated the rear to 40-41 psi.

Dude...that's still way too high. When they get hot, those tires will be ~ 45-46psi. That's absolutely why they're wearing out too quickly. Check inside your driver's side door panel to see what tire pressure they should be inflated to, and if you want to, add a few psi, but that's it. I have my 19" Michelins PS2s set at 34psi front and 36psi rear. 40-41psi is just too high!

[txusa03]

Originally Posted by sflgator

Dude...that's still way too high. When they get hot, those tires will be ~ 45-46psi. That's absolutely why they're wearing out too quickly. Check inside your driver's side door panel to see what tire pressure they should be inflated to, and if you want to, add a few psi, but that's it. I have my 19" Michelins PS2s set at 34psi front and 36psi rear. 40-41psi is just too high!

Well, unless i am reading it wrong, the sticker on the side of the door say that my oem RFT should be at 38psi front and 45psi rear as cold reading. So, I actually am only have 40-41 cold psi. Someone tell me if I am reading the sticker correctly. If so, I say I am underinflate in the rear tire.

[sflgator]

Originally Posted by txusa03

Well, unless i am reading it wrong, the sticker on the side of the door say that my oem RFT should be at 38psi front and 45psi rear as cold reading. So, I actually am only have 40-41 cold psi. Someone tell me if I am reading the sticker correctly. If so, I say I am underinflate in the rear tire.

I think you're looking at Max Load tire pressure or Tire Pressure for 100mph or Greater not regular cold tire pressure. I just looked at my door jam tire pressure sticker and it says 32psi front and 35psi for rear...and that's cold tire pressure for my oem sport 18" RFTs (225/40/18 front and 255/35/18 rear). I currently have 235/35/19 front and 265/30/19 rear Michelin PS2 tires on now, and again, I've got mine set at ~ 34psi front and 36psi rear. Somehow I don't think that the 330i would've been that different and that much higher than the 335i 18" wheels/tires...I could be wrong, but that does seem extraordinarily high.

[txusa03]

dude, so i have been riding around with unnecessary extra implants in my tires (like ballon)

I am going to deflate them a little, thanks.

[MechUT]

I'm at 52,000km with the original run flats on the front two wheels (the rears have been changed once). They have no thread left on the edges (they were driven underinflated in the winter, as I was too lazy to check!)

Anyways, when you wear out the thread, I don't think the only issue is that of effectively driving "slicks in the rain"

A lot of rubber has worn off at this point - I'm sure the tire is probably structurally weaker as well, and an accident waiting to happen, even in the dry.

[evoi19]

LOL now you got slicks for racing.

[Ryan 330i]

damn those are some SLICKS!