How to rotate my tires?
03-19-2010, 01:56 PM
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Wow, thank you everyone for the quick replies and all the good info. I have always been so meticulous about rotating my tires, but i guess that is all out the window now. For Jazzer, my girlfriends dads NSX had a different type of tire for all four corners of the car. I always thought that was crazy, but i guess it is more common than i would've thought. Thanks again
That caught me off guard. Too funny.
03-19-2010, 02:17 PM
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I rotate my big n littles all the time... When I don't plan on beating on it I put the 15x3.5s on the back and the drag radials up front... Hey gotta do what ya gotta do to save tread life right? Lol
03-19-2010, 02:37 PM
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03-19-2010, 02:41 PM
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Whoever owned the convertible before me apparently rotated the tires. I never noticed until I went to get new skins that I had the 275's in front and the 245's in the rear.
03-19-2010, 03:44 PM
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Wow, thank you everyone for the quick replies and all the good info. I have always been so meticulous about rotating my tires, but i guess that is all out the window now. For Jazzer, my girlfriends dads NSX had a different type of tire for all four corners of the car. I always thought that was crazy, but i guess it is more common than i would've thought. Thanks again
On a performance RWD vehicle is would be crazy to have the same size tires at each end...
03-19-2010, 03:59 PM
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03-19-2010, 07:04 PM
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However if you mean left to right to left on the same axle, then with uni-directional tires (which most high performance tires are) you need to maintain the proper rotation--so switching left front to right front to left front will mean dismounting and remounting the tires. IMHO much more bother than a few extra miles of treadlife are worth...
Last edited by cliffyk; 03-19-2010 at 07:08 PM.