changing wheels around

[S2 PTH]

wen i get to 5000 miles ive decided that im going to take the wheels off again and this time put them in different places (ie back left swap with front left).

is ne1 else as sad as me?

 

[msa197]

No, this means that you got to buy 4 tyres instead of 2!

 

[Dave]

But he puts off buying the 2 for twice as long.

Many people do it but its hard to judge the right time and to get it right.

 

[Roamer]

This means you are putting the tyres with less tread on the back of the car, which inherently means you are more likely to expirience the back coming out on you, leave it until you get your tyres changed, then put the new ones on the back and the backs to the front, thus keeping rear wheel grip as high as pos mate.

 

[Dave]

^^^ WHAT HE SAID.

 

[edde]

DONT but low grip tyres at the back the Clio has enough of a problem with rear end grip.

But you wont take any notice of what I say until you loose it on the roads suddenly and the car swops ends. they this will comne back to haunt you.

Learn from my expensive mistake. You may never have a problem but remove the potential risk.

 

[peterh2]

I made a really really big mess of a W reg clio 1.2 after putting my "barely legal" front tyres on the back and the back tyres on the front to try to get a few more miles out of them. Went round a corner in the wet at about 60 (it wasnt a very sharp corner and I used to take it at ~ 80 in the wet) and all of a sudden it switched ends, I rolled several times, still have a nice scar on my chin, but generally was quite lucky to survive.

I wont be changing tyres around anymore.

 

[White16valver]

Doh! lol

Agree with the above - keep more tread on the rears!

 

[ravo]

i got brand new tyres all round and i lose the back end all the time, on my mk1, therefore i wudnt be wanting low treads on the back