Hi all, new here but looking to see if my A4 45 tfsi saloon is wearing its tyres normally. Had it a year, all 4 had 5 mm tread on falken tyres. I’ve now noticed the rears are on the wear indicator and the out side edge on both rears are smooth. Anyone had this or am I looking at alignment a bushes. Also could I just change the rear ones as the front are still good for a while.

Any help appreciated 👍🏻

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Difficult to know without more details, mileage, etc. 5mm is average wear when you first got the car. To be honest I’d expect fronts to wear first with engine weight and steering.

No personal experience of Falkens, but they are mid-range tyre.

Were tyres always inflated as per specification? Always worth getting full tracking and alignment done if car is new to you.

With Quattro, then replace in pairs or you can damage the diff. Any indication of replacement springs on the rear? There’s an eccentric bolt that controls toe in and out. Also check the rear spring seat bush. They are known weak point and corrode from within.

Thanks for the reply Spartacus, I only do 4K a year but if I’m honest I do drive it hard from time to time so could be all my doing. It’s a one owner Audi car with ffsh. No mods etc but I’ve never seen outside edge wear in the back before. The fact it’s both sides makes me wonder about camber. I’ll prob replace all 4 but ong is it expensive

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I’ll have a look at spring seat too👍🏻

14 hours ago, B08 said:

Thanks for the reply Spartacus, I only do 4K a year but if I’m honest I do drive it hard from time to time so could be all my doing. It’s a one owner Audi car with ffsh. No mods etc but I’ve never seen outside edge wear in the back before. The fact it’s both sides makes me wonder about camber. I’ll prob replace all 4 but ong is it expensive

Only change the tyres once you've had the 4 wheel tracking checked. On the rears - there's and eccentric bolt for toe-in and out on the lower arm, but I think there's eccentric adjustment on the upper arm too for camber. I'm running Nexen tyres, again a mid range tyre, but have been impressed with them in terms of road handling.

That rear coil spring lower mount as mentioned is a weak point. You tend to get 3 years out of them. Relatively cheap in terms of parts, but Audi will want an arm and a leg to replace or choose a reputable independent. It's a bit more complicated with a rear axle with quattro, but doable if you are spanner handy.

Got a four wheel alignment done, fronts were out to back and rear off side was off to near side. Not massively but is the only explanation for wear pattern. Bought two Yokohamas for the rear as the falkens on the front still had between 5 and 6 mm. That said I’ll be putting Yokohamas on the front as soon as I can. Really good tyres.