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06-08-2015, 02:10 PM | #1 |
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Switching front and rear wheels
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Some quick advice folks As usual I have plenty of tread left on my front tyres and only about 4 mm on the rears. Is it possible to simply swap them over to save me replacing the 2 rears in the next few months? |
06-08-2015, 02:36 PM | #2 |
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Depends if you run a staggered set up or not. If not, then yes, but keep the left ones on the left and the right ones on the right to ensure you do not change the direction of rotation of the tyres.
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06-08-2015, 07:16 PM | #4 | |
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There is a common myth that one should put 'tyres with more tread' on the 'driven wheels' - so a lot of people put new tyres on the front on front wheel drive cars. Your rears should always have equal or more tread than your fronts. This makes the car a more safer setup during harsh braking. .... Thank you morellomax
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06-09-2015, 04:49 AM | #6 | |
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Don't know what I was thinking In any given situation, you always want the rear of the car to be stable and straight. Amending the original post. Thank you for the correction.
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06-10-2015, 01:32 AM | #8 |
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I was considering doing this on an E46 that had a straight tyre set up once and BMW told me not switch them as it would unbalance the cars handling. The service tech was saying that the fronts wear more on the shoulders and end up slightly rounded whereas the rears wear flat because the car squats as you apply power.
Not sure how true this is as I didn't bother switching them and have since always had staggered M Sport wheels... |
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06-10-2015, 02:20 PM | #10 |
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Thanks all.
Tyre sizes are the same as it's a f10 rather than the f10. I will probably change the car in 6 months time so it will save me having to replace the 2 rears now and I should be able to part ex the car with the current set of tyres. |
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