flyer

I have 2 new tires, 2 older tires, right now the newer ones are on the front and the older ones are on the back.

Is that the most appropriate way to leave them, as the Max is a front wheel drive and most of the braking and manouvering takes place on the front tires?

karguy

Always keep your best tires on the front. it is very difficult to control a blow out on wheels you steer with. So the smart thing to do is minimize a blow out by keeping best rubber on the front. If a rear tire blows out it is much easier to control. Also keeping best rubber on front drive wheels should help traction and steering.

erty67

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agreed

Nismo

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thats not what my suspension teacher taught us. if the front blew out, you will have understeer which is still controllable, now if the rear blew, you will have overstear and fishtailing may occure. why do you think tire shops say they have to mount the new set in the rears?

erty67

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hmmm....interesting point!

flyer

damit!!! you guys are now scaring me into buying 2 more tires, the idea of "fishtailing" simply does not thrill me

I remeber reading at dscouttiredirect.com that newer tires should be put in the rear, they made no mention of FWD or RWD.

I also had a mechanic tell me the newer tires should either go infront or behind depending if it's a FWD/RWD

Newman

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i thought i read on a sign at Costco that Michelin suggests that the newest tires be on the wheels that propel the car (rear on RWD and front on FWD) i wish i could remember exaclty what it said. i could be wrong though.

max83

Yea my suspension teacher said the same. Every tire place I have seen have allways said to put the best tires on the rear.

chinaonnitrous1

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well...do you want to plow your car into something?....or have the back end fly around?. How about just getting 4?.. im sure it must be a budget issue...I know, i have 2 dunlop 9000's and 2 bridgestone so-3's. It wasnt my fault i had 3 nails in one tire. Anyway, you cant borrow money?, or get tires next month?

korupter

i was on the freeway and my back right tire blew out. No fishtailing or anything. I had a friends tire do the same (back), and nothing bad happened. I guess your teacher is talking about rear wheel drive cars or something.. i dunno

CharlieNewbieMax

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costco told me that there's a new study by michelin says that its better to put good tires on rear. i think the guy said somthing like if ur front end start to skid, u still have the steering wheel to try to get out of it, but not ur rear.

Jon91SE

FWD or RWD , your best tires go on the back.

dwapenyi

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DITTO.


DW

flyer

Well it is a budget issue, I got the car with 2 old tires (bridgestones) and 2 new tires (continental and hercules).

For the moment I'm contemplating where to put 2 newer ones, and the 2 older ones. At the end of this month I intend to buy 2 dunlops A2's.

Hopefully later at some point in time I'll replace the hercules and the cooper.

Any more opinions on weather old tires should go on the back/front?

Matt93SE

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for how fast I go through tires, I don't bother rotating them. I'm on my 3rd set on the front and the rears still have about 60% tread left on them from last summer when I put them on.

sheesh.. I'm lucky if I get 10k mi out of a set on the front. hopefully that'll get better now that I've replaced all my control arm bushings and the car doesn't try to change lanes over bumps and uneven pavement.

bert

On a FWD the good tires go on the front. The fronts do all the acelerating, all the turning and most of the braking. The rears are just along for the ride. RWD the good ones go on the rear to help traction.

99maxi

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i went to costco a while back ago with my cousin. he got 2 tires and they said they would only put it on the rear. they would not put it on the front even when i ask them too. u can control the front with the steering wheel but the rear u cannot..

dwapenyi

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New tire always go on the rear. Here's why:

1) You want a car to understeer rather than oversteer. In an undertsteer situation the best way to stop it is to brake. Most drivers do that anyway in a panic. In an oversteer stituation the only way to correct it is to accelerate. A panicked motorist will brake and make the oversteer even more, probably getting into a bad accident. Even an experienced ethusiast will have alot of trouble b/c the oversteer will probably be so wild that any correction will come too late.

2) As a tire wears out, it loses it's ability to work best in the rain or snow, but gets better in the dry. It sort of becomes a slick. The wet or snow situtations are the dangerous ones you want to avoid.

3) This rule applies to FWD and RWD. Putting new tires on the front and the worn ones on the rear will make the car oversteer, especially in bad weather like rain or snow.

I'm sure most of you guys, like me, want to put the 2 new ones on the front so they can wear quickly and even out in terms of wear, with the worn ones on the rear. Don't do it.

I guess the exception would be a dry season where no rain or snow is expected in your area for quite a while. But who knows

DW