Husky Posted November 25, 2009 Posted November 25, 2009 to clarify i hate asking tyre questions as they are so boring and repetetive a mate asked me if i coud find out any information though so his question is below. any help appreciated guys his car is an Audi S2 Just curious as I have set of new toyos to get fitted today, do you guys have any idea on how long it takes to bed in road tyres? Eg do they care about heat cycles or just wearing off release agent. Or maybe I should just take it easy until they stop feeling slippy I guess. further to this he said: Well they are different to race tyres because of compound and construction….. Diffrenent race tyres all want different scrub cycles for providing long term stable grip (but peak grip may not want any scrubbing). I guess taking it easy for 100-200 miles is the only sensible way in this case. I looked on toyo's website but they provide no guidance which is surprising. a friends reply is: Just enjoy 4 wheel drifts while they are slippy cheers in advance Quote
BulletMagnet Posted November 25, 2009 Posted November 25, 2009 I think I seem to remember that someone on here said that Toyo's should be worn in for about 100 miles to get rid of the release agent. Quote
Husky Posted November 25, 2009 Author Posted November 25, 2009 I think I seem to remember that someone on here said that Toyo's should be worn in for about 100 miles to get rid of the release agent. cheers mate, do heat cycles matter at all? Quote
Ekona Posted November 25, 2009 Posted November 25, 2009 Toyos need at least 500 miles to get rid of the release agent, they plaster them in the stuff. All other tyres I've tried need about 300 miles-ish to get it all off. Quote
Chris`I Posted November 25, 2009 Posted November 25, 2009 No real scrubbing in procedure, this isnt a superbike or a race car. Just drive it normally for 100 miles or so leaning on the tyres more and more as they wear in and go easy in the wet. Its just to scrub off the release agent. They are road tyres so no speacial bedding in needed, they are expected to be driven from cold all day every day, not like race tyres which expect to be up to temperature. Quote
chris84 Posted November 25, 2009 Posted November 25, 2009 boring "steering at full lock, handbrake off (not that it makes much difference), esp off, 6000rpm in first then lift the clutch" either you'll kill something or you'll scrub the rears in extremely quickly let me know how it goes Quote
rich5259 Posted November 25, 2009 Posted November 25, 2009 boring "steering at full lock, handbrake off (not that it makes much difference), esp off, 6000rpm in first then lift the clutch" either you'll kill something or you'll scrub the rears in extremely quickly let me know how it goes can you post a video of you showing the Dawg how to do it as he's a bit slow sometimes Quote
Husky Posted November 25, 2009 Author Posted November 25, 2009 boring "steering at full lock, handbrake off (not that it makes much difference), esp off, 6000rpm in first then lift the clutch" either you'll kill something or you'll scrub the rears in extremely quickly let me know how it goes can you post a video of you showing the Dawg how to do it as he's a bit slow sometimes ??? Quote
chris84 Posted November 26, 2009 Posted November 26, 2009 boring "steering at full lock, handbrake off (not that it makes much difference), esp off, 6000rpm in first then lift the clutch" either you'll kill something or you'll scrub the rears in extremely quickly let me know how it goes can you post a video of you showing the Dawg how to do it as he's a bit slow sometimes i'm sure the pooch will catch up would demonstrate but i've just worn in a full set of Bridgestone RE050A and at the price they come in at I couldn't bring myself to shread them. Maybe when they need replacing for a cheaper (but better) set of vredestein. Wouldn't need anywhere near 6000rpm to spin the Bridgestones, practically drift round every corner Quote
Husky Posted November 26, 2009 Author Posted November 26, 2009 a mate asked me if i coud find out any information though so his question is below. any help appreciated guys his car is an Audi S2 My mates S2 is 4wd, good luck in doing burnouts Quote
Chris`I Posted November 26, 2009 Posted November 26, 2009 boring "steering at full lock, handbrake off (not that it makes much difference), esp off, 6000rpm in first then lift the clutch" either you'll kill something or you'll scrub the rears in extremely quickly let me know how it goes Sounds like a nice way to make your rear tyres more sticky than the fronts. Welcome to understeer until the fronts are equally scrubbed in Quote
Husky Posted November 26, 2009 Author Posted November 26, 2009 seems he went for the drift option: Well I successfully almost hit a hedge last night! (stupid driving was to blame though) Tyres are awesome though, even in their slippy state. (kind of shows what the state of my old p6000s were in) Quote
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