New tyres to the front or rear?

masterboy123

The rear tyres need to be changed soon. And I am wondering if I should place front tyres on the rear, and get the new tyres on front?
Going to get Goodyear Asymmetric F1.

My car is Merc C-class, which is a rear drive.

Thank you

Eric Cartman

new ones on the rear.

its recommended by most manufacturers and there was some motoring program (5th gear maybe) that tested it and concluded the same.

tphase

personally I'd put new tyres on the same axle as the old ones

colm_mcm

Are the other two tyres dangerously worn?

That’s usually the assumption made when recommending the lesser of two evils re: which end to put new tyres on.

If it’s a RWD car, it’s more simple, best ones to the rear usually, but the front tyres should not be dangerously low either.


( On a side note: If you’ve got 2 other decent tyres, on a FWD car, then put them on the back, and let the new tyres do the steering, accelerating and stopping.

FWD cars don’t wildly oversteer just because there are better tyres on the front unless they’re actually dangerous tyres)

hi5

Rear.
It's easier control understeer than oversteer.

L1011

Absolutely rears in this case, moreso than others

As they're asymmetric you have less choice of what wheel goes where; so make sure you're not left with one heap of crap on the front by virtue of both lefts/both rights being the worn ones for whatever reason.

masterboy123

Asymmetric are safe to use on all 4 tyres right? Front ones are already asymmetric F1 and they are not worn badly, maybe I have done 20k kms on those.

L1011 wrote: »

Absolutely rears in this case, moreso than others

As they're asymmetric you have less choice of what wheel goes where; so make sure you're not left with one heap of crap on the front by virtue of both lefts/both rights being the worn ones for whatever reason.

L1011

Yes, once you use them in the right direction. But it means you can only move the wheels from the same side between front and rear and not do any side swaps

joujoujou

L1011 wrote: »

Yes, once you use them in the right direction. But it means you can only move the wheels from the same side between front and rear and not do any side swaps

Are talking about asymmetrics or directional ones? :rolleyes:

theteal

Some places now only put new tyres on the rear by policy

masterboy123

The tyre guy I went to suggested to put new tyres on front and swap the front used ones to the rear.

theteal wrote: »

Some places now only put new tyres on the rear by policy

bazz26

On a rwd car if the rear tyres are being replaced then stick the new tyres on the rear also.

wonski

theteal wrote: »

Some places now only put new tyres on the rear by policy

So if I come there and ask them to replace two tires in the front of my car, they will swap them without asking me?

Would like to see that policy and how it is implemented.

If I ask someone to replace front tires I expect to see two brand new tires in front.

Sure they can ask if I want it done, but not by making it a blank rule.

theteal

I'm thinking of costco in particular. My fronts needed to be changed. The guy says they only put new tyres on the rear. I'm aware of the thinking behind it so I have no issue, feck I was getting 2 Michelin Energy Savers for £70, I wasnt going to argue. I've since googled it and it does appear to be their worldwide policy.

mickdw

L1011 wrote: »

Yes, once you use them in the right direction. But it means you can only move the wheels from the same side between front and rear and not do any side swaps

Assymetric have a dedicated outer sidewall only and are not directional so can be moved around and side to side also without remounting on the rim.
Id put them on the front myself but its a matter of preference.