rtanov
Well-known member
Can anyone with new EP600's measure the tread depths of the tires and report here.
The depth as reported new is 9/32" for the 155 size but is seems to me that the inside groove might be shallower than the center groove and that is what I am mainly interested in. Bridgestone tech support could not find this info, so it seems that the only way is to just measure a new tire.
The reason I am interested is lease return - as per the BMW instructions the tires will be accepted as good if they have 1/8" tread depth left, and people are reporting that they measure all treads. My center grooves have more than that but the inside groove is less. If this groove was shallower to begin with that might be a case to only measure the center groove; if it were the same depth then I shall be prepared to buy new tires at lease return. I guess I am not the only one with this issue as the 2014 leases come close to ending.
The depth as reported new is 9/32" for the 155 size but is seems to me that the inside groove might be shallower than the center groove and that is what I am mainly interested in. Bridgestone tech support could not find this info, so it seems that the only way is to just measure a new tire.
The reason I am interested is lease return - as per the BMW instructions the tires will be accepted as good if they have 1/8" tread depth left, and people are reporting that they measure all treads. My center grooves have more than that but the inside groove is less. If this groove was shallower to begin with that might be a case to only measure the center groove; if it were the same depth then I shall be prepared to buy new tires at lease return. I guess I am not the only one with this issue as the 2014 leases come close to ending.