Life Expectancy Dunlop Sports Max GT Tyres 2010 XJ Portfolio

[mallendick260]

Can anyone confirm that these Dunlop Tyres are the correct ones to use for the XJ 2010 V6 Diesel, I had two rear Dunlops fitted 9 months ago have done 7,000 miles mainly motorway cruising and they failed the MOT having worn down to wear bars?

I do not drive or brake hard, no towing,

Best Regards RPM

[JimMann]

Best and simplest site to find tyre options for your car is to go to the Kwik Fit website. Not saying buy from Kwik Fit, just that they have a very easy to use tyre locator. Simply go to the website, click on tyres and then enter your registration number and postcode to see a list of options.
Not sure of the rating for the Sport Maxx GT tyres, but I would have thought they should do better than 7,000 miles.
Jim Mann

[BrianG]

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That doesn't sound good! Wearing "down to the bars" should not be an MOT fail as the bars are at 2mm tread depth, so a little in hand before the 1.6mm legal minimum, unless you've gone below that.

I don't know how similar the weights are between your later X351 XJ and my 2006 X350 XJ Sport Premium, but for comparison I have run several sets of Dunlop Sport Max RT2 tyres in 255 x 40 Z19 size. I believe these are a softer compound than your Max GT compound, but are rated 100Y rather than the usual 96W or 97Y so are 'heavy duty'. I rarely get less than 15,000 miles from a rear pair and 20,000 or so from the fronts. What pressures do you run them at? Are they worn evenly across the whole tread width?

[tonx226]

Probably a bit late to be of any help but I have Dunlop Sport Maxx GT tyres (19 inch) on my X351 3 litre (petrol) and they have still got a reasonable amount of tread after 26500 miles.