Stepped Tyre Wear

[nicktooley]

Having put fresh Contini Sport 2s on my A6 not long ago, the two inside ones are forming a stepped tread pattern which you can hear as a sort of "drumming", especially on smooth roads.

I've all four wheels aligned before the tyres were changed and it seems to be getting worse.

Any ideas anyone?|

[Guest 2]

Are they fitted the right way? Ie, does the outside wall say 'outside' on it?

Having done a search on the internet, some people say to swap the tyres around and see what happens then.

Is your car a Quattro?

I had a stepped wear pattern on my old Mondeo before my A6, and a good Laser alignment sorted the problem having replaced the tyres afterwards.

[nicktooley]

Thanks A6 Chris, they are fitted the rigt way round and I've had two goes at laser alignment and my car isn't a Quattro. I may try another "specialist" to see what they say, the last one said the wear wasn't too bad but he can't hear the nooise it makes in a normally very quiet car.

I may try swapping the tyres over to see if it affects the new ones I put on the nearside - that could be an expensive piece of trial and error.

[Guest 2]

What size of wheels do you have on? Have they been balanced correctly?

If you have 19's then there is heap loads of road noise. Even on a newly tarmaced road I still can hear some noise from the tyres.

[Tricky Red]

Thanks A6 Chris, they are fitted the rigt way round and I've had two goes at laser alignment and my car isn't a Quattro. I may try another "specialist" to see what they say, the last one said the wear wasn't too bad but he can't hear the nooise it makes in a normally very quiet car.

I may try swapping the tyres over to see if it affects the new ones I put on the nearside - that could be an expensive piece of trial and error.

Who is doing the alignment?

[nicktooley]

I had the alignment done originally by Nottingham Alignment Services then by ETS Tyres.