Tyre Rotation

[DorsetDC]

Have just had my first MOT on my Golf R and the tyre wear is 70% worn at the front and 55% at the rear (Michelin PS3).  I'm of an age where in the old days we would swap tyres around from back to front to even out the wear, but the garage said its best to leave the tyres on the original axles.  May I ask if they are right?   

[fredgroves]

We talked about the value of having the best tyres on the rear a few days/weeks ago and I guess it does make sense.

I need to replace my OEM BS's on the front in a few more thousand miles and I intend to put the new PS4's on the rear and the BS's on the front - for no other reason than it gets rid of the BS's from my car ASAP. Otherwise they'd still be there until ~56k. After that i'll be on PS4's all round until the end of the 3 years.

For that reason alone I'll be doing it.

[Watts]

I make that roughly 4mm depth at the front and 4.5 at the back. I haven't heard that advice before and I'm no tyre expert but on mine I was rotating them at similar differences to even the wear so I could replace them as a set of 4. Might be different though with awd and your plans for replacing them might be different too but if it was me, I'd be swapping them around.

[seanng]

When you rotate tyres, do you swap the wheels or just the tyres? Just wondering what would be easier for the tyre fitters!

I will probably put the worn BS from the rear to the front and put new PS4 on the rear as well when it comes to changing.

[fredgroves]

When you rotate tyres, do you swap the wheels or just the tyres? Just wondering what would be easier for the tyre fitters!

That was my thought too. I would assume swapping the wheels would be perfectly acceptable and of course a lower cost for labour....

[fredgroves]

Some advice from Black Circles...

https://www.blackcircles.com/general/tyre-rotation

[fredgroves]

Yet KwikFit disagree:

https://www.kwik-fit.com/tyres/information/tyre-rotation

They do say in that though that fitting new rubber should be on the rears, which in my book must therefore mean on a FWD car moving the OEM rears to the front when the OEM fronts first are replaced...

[I wanted a GTi]

When you rotate tyres, do you swap the wheels or just the tyres? Just wondering what would be easier for the tyre fitters!

I will probably put the worn BS from the rear to the front and put new PS4 on the rear as well when it comes to changing.

Why would you swap the tyres on the rims? It would cost more and give the tyre fitter a 95% greater chance to damage your wheels.

[I wanted a GTi]

We talked about the value of having the best tyres on the rear a few days/weeks ago and I guess it does make sense.

I need to replace my OEM BS's on the front in a few more thousand miles and I intend to put the new PS4's on the rear and the BS's on the front - for no other reason than it gets rid of the BS's from my car ASAP. Otherwise they'd still be there until ~56k. After that i'll be on PS4's all round until the end of the 3 years.

For that reason alone I'll be doing it.

Fred, have you got a GTi or a GTD?

[fredgroves]

GTD mate, diesel power!