Rover P4 - New Tyres from Blockley - Drive , Fit , Track

These Tyres were so expensive!
Test drive video coming soon .
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[@660einzylinder]

A car always feels so much better with a new set of quality tyres.

[@frothe42]

Lovely Alex! Guess you have your work cut out for you, need to preserve poor Jessie! The tread on the new tyres looks like they would be very good in inclement weather! Those BF Goodrich tyres would be good on the Land Rover. Glad the tracking was done, don't want premature wear!

[@dustymiller7758]

Great entertainment, those tyres look very good quality. They should last years.

[@damienoneill4355]

Glad you are sounding and feeling better. Love the T - shirt 👍

[@WheelchairWonders]

Talk of the devil lol... I was just watching Joseph struggling with Jessie's steering and gearbox, so here we go!.. (Phil)

[@levelcrossing150]

The new tyres look great Alex and Jessie should have no trouble climbing up any high wall with them, lol. I do love the block pattern, so many modern tyres have wide grooves in them these days which they claim is better in the wet, but I feel it's less rubber to grip the road and quicker to wear out, in my opinion. Some have trendy sidewalls too which are totally out of character with a classic. I'm soon going for the re manufactured Pirelli CN36's for my Escort, they are also a nice block pattern and ideal for my 70's car. I'm looking forward to the road test.

[@Adam.Piper62]

Those pressures you ran on the old tyres are quite high. If you wanted to go one or two psi over recommended to prevent square tyres when parked, that fine. But going overly high will just cause that eggshapped effect you see, plus cause abnormal wear and extra road noise. Granted, it's clear your old tyres were not up to a good standard, but still, unless you really need that light steering you will find your new ones wear out fast too :).

[@danieleregoli812]

I've just done my tracking as well as tire exchange (L to R/front to back) after taking care of steering rack and doing a bit of suspension work on the 2200TC

[@KJM.72]

Liking the look of the new tyres on Jessie Alex

[@CortinasAndClassics]

This is uncanny, after servicing my steering rack I need my tracking done as well 😁 Those tires look really nice, mine are budget and I could do with a decent set. I will have a look to see what I can get x

[@dunc1958]

I had a P4 110 which I bought to use the engine in my Land Rover, the car was falling apart but the engine always started immediately, half a turn and away it went. Remember the car has some wieght about it which will shorten the tyre life a touch I hope the new ones last you a while.

[@jeremyowen3737]

You probably know this by now but just in case you don't. Never over inflate your tyres. Your fronts were to hard, you will get a way with 2psi over at a push but 4 will almost certainly cause uneven wear. Camber definitely out on your rears, standard tracking will not pick this up. Agree with you on the front bushes, change ASAP and check for wear and play in all wheel bearings and ball joints. Love your P4, do some under body work this summer to prevent more welding work later.

[@andyarmstrong1493]

Great looking tyres, shame the tracking was so far out.

[@danieleregoli812]

That P4 looks luscious!

[@badbooks476]

Hopefully these tyres suit Jessie & last. Impressive clean steel wheels

[@Alexsassets]

I had them blasted and powder coated 2yrs ago 😄

[@badbooks476]

@@Alexsassets very sensible. I have just refurbed my old Polo steels myself, still got aching arms from all the wire brushing

[@jimcrichton8028]

Looking good. The anti roll bar connection and the lower front shock absorbers are prone to wearing loose and enlargening the fitting hole on the front suspension plate. Might be the cause of a rattle?

[@Alexsassets]

I shall bee sort of rebuilding the front end (bushes ect) soon so I will see what I can find. Thank you 🥰

[@performancedownunder5773]

My advice would be to rotate balance and track about every 7 thousand miles no later than or every year whichever is sooner. Scrubbing or bedding in I'd wait about 200 miles, back in the day when these cars were still in production the advice was 600 miles for Michelin 640:15 which is what your car takes at least in the old currency anyway.

[@domenicogaldo6065]

I came across your channel recently Alex, and it´s great seeing you take care of your classic cars. Do you put fuel additives in your petrol tank on fueling up or have the heads been modified so your cars can run on Unleaded petrol? Take care.

[@jrbs]

Having only ever driven a P4 on crossplies, how do you find the P4 on radials?

[@Alexsassets]

I've never driven a car on crossplies ! Lol . Apparently cornering is safer on Radials.

[@levelcrossing150]

@@Alexsassets Radial tyres were always heavier on the steering when changing over from crossplys but you will gain a better grip with the radials.

[@peterjones2845]

I would have replaced bushes before new tyres where fitted

[@davidevans4089]

Cheap tyres are a false economy. I worked in the tyre industry for over thirty years. Those bits of rubber are the difference between life and death, you Get what you pay for as with everything.

[@nygelmiller5293]

Made in Indonesia? But perhaps the RUBBER comes from there! (?). On another subject, ( just quickly), you mentioned modern M G's had electric doorlocks, that locked people in. Perhaps that might be true. BUT the internet story about one refusing to stop - because of it being electric - and the "police had to ram it off the road to stop it" , is probably FAKE. The latest is an electric Jaguar refusing to stop - at NINETY MPH - and "having to be rammed into a ditch by the police" , sounds even MORE dangerous and unlikely! So there are some stupid stories about! Beware! But the P4's are always some of my favourite cars, and everybody should (by law!) have a go in one, to see what a spacious endearing car had been invented already - long before today's cars, that make a fuss about how indispensible they're supposed to be! My uncle used to have a P4, I myself was taken to school in one, by a classmate's Dad - and I like your ALLEGRO adventures - because I loved owning mine for 10 years, before selling it (without any rust) when it was 21 years old! ( mind you - it HAD been Ziebarted).