Roadsterstu
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Quick Tyre QuestionI've just had a pair of Proxes T1R's delivered from Camskill today (great service - ordered 2.30pm yesterday, arrived this morning!)
Now, I was always under the impression that your new tyres should go on the rear, rotating the rears forwards. However, I told someone this recently and it was like I'd suggested something utterly stupid. The rears are fine, 14.5k miles on them. The fronts need replacing, hence the Toyos. I'm doing this to sell the car. Shall I just stick the new tyres on the front, or should they go on the rear, as I thought? Confused myself over this now.
Thanks
Stu
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Guitar Zero
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The reason you want to put the new tyres at the back is to avoid wet weather oversteer.
However, this would only occur if you've got 3mm on the back and 8mm on the fronts.
If the backs are 6mm, I would put the newies on the front and sell it like that.
If you intend to keep the car - wait until the new fronts reach 6mm, then swap with the backs - so you burn through the older tyres. This avoids ending up with ancient tyres on the back.
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Roadsterstu
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Pretty much what I though until this chap made such a big story of it the other day. Saves a lot of messing about with axel stands and a trolley jack as well.
Cheers!
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Roadsterstu
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Sorry, AXLE, not AXEL... 
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Frank Bullitt
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Yip, I always put the new tyres on the back of my FWD cars - that way they last about 2 years (use 2mm on the back in the first 12 months, 4-ish on the front over the second) and stop the wet-weather oversteer Peet talks of
However, as you are getting shot it makes no difference!
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