Anyone know what a good rule of thumb is for the tire break in period.

I have brand new Goodyear Eagle F1 G3-D3s on my new rims and I've put about 150-200 miles sofar on them and the car still feels pretty light on turns. I also did a launch last night (about 100 miles on them) to see if they were starting to grip and I spun all the way through first.

Hopefully someone can come here and tell me they'll start being sticky soon becuase I hope they don't stay this unstable.


Thanks

 

Around 500 miles depending on how hard you are driving.

 

Don't forget that your air pressures could be wildly wrong from the tire installers. Spinning all the way through first should break the tires in

 

Well I check the tire pressure after it was sitting in my driveway for a while. All 4 tires are a 40 PSI which I think is a bit high. Jim, do you know what a good PSI would be for these tires on 18s for the s2000? I was thinking 35 ish?

 

Car tires are good to go after a few miles (less than 100 anyway). Drive them relatively hard while realizing the mold release stuff is kinda slippery and be prepared for it to get a bit out of shape. Get them to roll over a bit in hard cornering to get the slickness off the part of the sidewall you can get onto and you're good to go.

 

most user's manuals states 200 miles as the break-in period. if you drive hard, 100 mi is probably enough, if you drive like grandma, 500 mi. i have used a few sets of those tires, they are great tires for the money.

 

It took me something like 300-400 miles to break in my goodyears... A lot of that was easy driving with some aggressive driving.

 

40 psi reduces your tire contact patch to the center f the tire - not good. Start with 32 psi and possibly adjust up from there.

 

Yeah currently my tires are running 35PSI cold and it definatly is better then 40 PSI cold. I might even back it down a little more