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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: K1 on 17 May 2008, 14:24
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Hi all... just wondering do you guys rotate your tyres front to rear? I did it on my rx-8 but made the car awefully twitchy at the rear for a thousand miles or so. Would you recommend doing it on a fwd car? Cheers.
Kev
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no, i wouldnt bother, your better of having the grip at the rear anyway (i.e most tread), and all it means is you will need to replace all four tyres at the same time , IMO of course :smiley:
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so ok 182, if you have a puncture on 1 tyre on the front that couldnt be fixed, with good tread on the tyre, would you replace all 4 then to get the Handling right??, seems a very expensive method. I agree with doing 2 as long as they are on the same axel then the handling shouldnt be effected.
Rx8 is rear wheel drive, GTi is front wheel, so you wanna go rears to front 1st, and put the new rubbers on the rear.
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so ok 182, if you have a puncture on 1 tyre on the front that couldnt be fixed, with good tread on the tyre, would you replace all 4 then to get the Handling right??, seems a very expensive method. I agree with doing 2 as long as they are on the same axel then the handling shouldnt be effected.
Rx8 is rear wheel drive, GTi is front wheel, so you wanna go rears to front 1st, and put the new rubbers on the rear.
i must have misread what he put, but he never mentioned punctures !!, and never mentioned needing new tyres, just rotating them , i never said swop all fours in one go ??, i said rotating causes you to have to swop all four in one go, i was trying to tell him to avoid the need to swop all in one go (as they all get worn at the same rate, hence need swopping at the same time) , if were talking new tyres i would put new tyres on the rear, BEST TYRES ON THE BACK ALWAYS :smiley:
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thing is, unless im missing something, front wheel drive cars go through roughly 2 sets on the front to one pair on the rears, unless the tyre has perished or shows signs of stress on the tyre walls. Surely, the fronts are the most important as the have to contend with steering, horsepower, and the rears dont have as much to contend with and will last twice as long (on average) then the fronts ( talking normal driving Perameters).
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Well IMO always have the best tyres on the back
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I've never rotated my tyres. Never had any issues with handling or grip either apart from when they are near the end of their lifespan anyway.
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I would also keep the best ones on the back.
BTW if you keep a balanced throttle though the bends, like a good racing driver then all 4 tires should wear evenly :wink:
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....I think we all know that tyres MUST be kept paired to the axle.
Because I need only 2 new tyres and I want the new Goodyear F1 Assymetrics, I recently had a chat with Goodyear's UK techsupport (very helpful and very friendly) and they strongly advised me to keep the deeper treads on the rear axle for a FWD car and that it was alright for me to mix the new Assymetrics with their Eagle F1's (which I currently have). But with a 4WD car such as the R32 you should change all 4 at once and not mix them.
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....I think we all know that tyres MUST be kept paired to the axle.
Because I need only 2 new tyres and I want the new Goodyear F1 Assymetrics, I recently had a chat with Goodyear's UK techsupport (very helpful and very friendly) and they strongly advised me to keep the deeper treads on the rear axle for a FWD car and that it was alright for me to mix the new Assymetrics with their Eagle F1's (which I currently have). But with a 4WD car such as the R32 you should change all 4 at once and not mix them.
are you on 18's ?, i got quite a good deal on a set of F1 asymetrics
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/182_blue/various/DSCF0463.jpg)
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are you on 18's ?, i got quite a good deal on a set of F1 asymetrics
....Yes, on Monza 18's :cool:
Are you saying you've got some for sale as "quite a good deal", or telling us you gained a good deal for yourself?
What price was the deal if you don't mind telling, please? :smiley:
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are you on 18's ?, i got quite a good deal on a set of F1 asymetrics
....Yes, on Monza 18's :cool:
Are you saying you've got some for sale as "quite a good deal", or telling us you gained a good deal for yourself?
What price was the deal if you don't mind telling, please? :smiley:
i got a good deal (as in a bought them), they cost me £320 for the 4 (not fitted)
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....That deal is buy 3 and get 1 free. I believe the usual price is about £110 per corner.
And what do you think of the new assymetrics? How many have you done on them so far? :smiley:
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....That deal is buy 3 and get 1 free. I believe the usual price is about £110 per corner.
And what do you think of the new assymetrics? How many have you done on them so far? :smiley:
i havnt had the fitted yet, my OEM tyres are like new, i bought the F1's to go onto my spare set of alloys :embarassed: :laugh:
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So i take it by what you said RR that I should not bother swapping the fronts to the back then??? i dont think this will be a big problem as the wear on all four seems to be quite even.. If not the front wearing marginally more than the back. Its just a little more painful paying for 4 new ones in one go! :embarassed:
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So i take it by what you said RR that I should not bother swapping the fronts to the back then?? i dont think this will be a big problem as the wear on all four seems to be quite even.. If not the front wearing marginally more than the back. Its just a little more painful paying for 4 new ones in one go! :embarassed:
....As I understood it, on the 4WD R32 you shouldn't mix tyres, even between paired axles - So always have the same tyre versions on all 4 corners. However, I don't know about how important it is to have the deeper tread on front or on rear axle on the R32. Isn't the R32 mostly FWD but the 4WD comes in as needed?
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So i take it by what you said RR that I should not bother swapping the fronts to the back then?? i dont think this will be a big problem as the wear on all four seems to be quite even.. If not the front wearing marginally more than the back. Its just a little more painful paying for 4 new ones in one go! :embarassed:
....As I understood it, on the 4WD R32 you shouldn't mix tyres, even between paired axles - So always have the same tyre versions on all 4 corners. However, I don't know about how important it is to have the deeper tread on front or on rear axle on the R32. Isn't the R32 mostly FWD but the 4WD comes in as needed?
From what I understand thats correct. i dont suppose it really matters what has the most tread as if there is any loss of traction the power is shifted around accordingly from what I understand. i do know that if my fronts were to loose traction and power was shifted to the back, the last thing I would wan tis for them to be more worn than the fronts!
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So i take it by what you said RR that I should not bother swapping the fronts to the back then?? i dont think this will be a big problem as the wear on all four seems to be quite even.. If not the front wearing marginally more than the back. Its just a little more painful paying for 4 new ones in one go! :embarassed:
....As I understood it, on the 4WD R32 you shouldn't mix tyres, even between paired axles - So always have the same tyre versions on all 4 corners. However, I don't know about how important it is to have the deeper tread on front or on rear axle on the R32. Isn't the R32 mostly FWD but the 4WD comes in as needed?
From what I understand thats correct. i dont suppose it really matters what has the most tread as if there is any loss of traction the power is shifted around accordingly from what I understand. i do know that if my fronts were to loose traction and power was shifted to the back, the last thing I would wan tis for them to be more worn than the fronts!
....So I think we can safely conclude that both the GTI and R32 handle better with deeper tread on the rears. :cool: