16" or 17" wheels? or both?
#12
The tires for 17" are not that bad anymore. I got my fronts for about 71 bucks each. The rears were only 122, for a 275/40. As far as rotating, i dont know anybody that rotates tires anymore.Staggered looks better and why would you wan the same skinny on the front,on the rear???
#13
Rotating tires helps avoid high speed vibrations. Learned the hard way.
I know first hand a few performance cars w/ high speed mild vibration isues. Some can't be rotated so only solution is to live w/ mild vibration or keep replacing tires.
Can check tire roundness and uneven wear patterns w/ chalk ball, scratch awl, and drill vise.
I know first hand a few performance cars w/ high speed mild vibration isues. Some can't be rotated so only solution is to live w/ mild vibration or keep replacing tires.
Can check tire roundness and uneven wear patterns w/ chalk ball, scratch awl, and drill vise.
#14
. . . why would you wan the same skinny on the front,on the rear???
Norm
Last edited by Norm Peterson; 01-24-2011 at 02:31 PM.
#15
Correct me if I am mistaken, but I thought that regardless of the type of tire you buy you are never supposed to rotate left to right (unless you actually took the tire of the wheels so that the direction the tire itself is spinning is the same). My understanding is that the belts set in place inside the tire according to which direction force is being applied to them. I thought that ignoring this could potentially cause premature belt failure=disaster.
#16
I've always heard not to cross rotate steel belted tires.
I used to cross rotate performance steel belted tires w/ no ill effects.
Now days I err on caution and only rotate front to rear.
Softer suspensions mask tire vibrations.
I used to cross rotate performance steel belted tires w/ no ill effects.
Now days I err on caution and only rotate front to rear.
Softer suspensions mask tire vibrations.