Probably 5 yrs ago, we got Toyo Observ Ultra 800 tires for my wife's 2003 CRV. A quiet, long lasting (supposed 160,000km treadwear rating).

We use those tires from March to November, with winters for the other months of the year....

Vehicle now has 230,000km on it, been having problems with low tires recently. A couple tires have been plugged with the pipe cleaner plugs. Not a whole lot of tread left. Wondering should I bite the bullet and just get new tires all around?

Quiet, black and round are the requirements for that vehicle.

Are 5+yr old tires just prone to more leaks? I took 1 tire in last month to get fixed because the 2+yr old plug started leaking.... ($25 for the fix).

The tires are pretty close to the wearbars.....

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If aluminum rims they may have scaling (corrosion) after years of running in the winter which may be causing tires to leak around the rim where the tire seats.

 

This makes NO sense! You stated the following:

1) Wife's car
2) Not a whole lot of tread left
3) 5 years old
4) Plugged

What are you waiting for? Happy wife.....happy life!

Make sure the tire shop cleans up the rims when the new tires go on so the bead seals real well.

 

Thanks for the replies guy.

I will be looking for a new set of tires for the vehicle this weekend....

I just needed someone to slap me in the face, and tell me to smell the coffee...

Peter

 

4 tires ordered through simply. Taking my wife's CRV in on Saturday, with the rear wheels for the Boxster in the back.

$410 for 4 Kumho KR21's for the CRV
$530 for 2 Hankook V12's for the Boxster

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Good work, Petee!

Now please tell me your new rear tires match the front tires on your Boxster.

 

What, you mean like they're the same colour?

 

Fixed it for you!

 

Yeah, black and round.

Yeah, they are the same make and model as the fronts.....

I only got 20,000km out of the rear's on my BoxS.... sigh.....

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That's pretty good/average (12,500 miles). I've gotten about 20,000 miles on the rears in my Boxster (PS2's). In the Turbo, only about 10,000.

 

Pete....what the heck?

Haven't you heard of speed patches?

They repair/plug the tires from the inside!!!

 

The patches cost about $25 each.... New tires installed are only $102.

If I had more than 25% tread remaining on these tires, then it would make sense to patch them.... As is, I would probably get new tires in the spring at the latest, even if my plugs weren't leaking.....

P

 

New tires are a no brainer at this point.

Unless you need to get rid of the wife :-)

Just kidding!

 

found the leak

My wife is a screw magnet.... jeesh....

pics of tire

plugged yet again.

 

I don't get the logic behind this. The weight distribution is different so even the same brand/model tire will act diferently from front to back. So, might as well mix them up. The way I see it. As long as they are a mathcing pair, it doesn't matter.