Makes sense. Good read Tomas. Thanks!

 

Vehicle safety is just another scam by the Man designed to part you from your money. Think how much you'll save if you die in a wreck!

 

Step 1. Jack up car
Step 2. Support w/ Jackstands
Step 3. Remove lug nuts
Step 4. Remove rims w/ tires on them
Step 5. For FWD cars, rotate tires diagonally (front drivers side goes to rear passenger's side, vice versa... front passenger's goes to rear drivers, vice versa)
Step 6. Tighten lug nuts to recommended torque range (not exactly sure for scions, but other cars want around 90 ft. lbs)
DONE
Now drive around and realize that it only took 15 minutes... if it doesn't hurt anyone/thing and you might have fun DO IT.

Wasn't that easy?

 

Correction: For a 2007 tC, you do not rotate diagonally. Torque is 76 ft.lbs.

 

This is an excellent article Thomas, thank you.
As I read it, it summarizes where to put 2 new tires, but it doesn't advocate tire rotation.

 

If your rear tires are sitting on the back of the car that long they may start to dry rot and fall apart from general aging...

 

This fromt he same site does:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete...currentpage=52

 

Please tell me thats a joke. I am tired and cant figure out if you are serious.

 

Just FYI for you people with directional tires. Make sure you rotated them on the same side. No diagonal rotating with directional tires. I can't tell you how many times I've seen some car with directional tires, rolling around with them on backwards. It may take 1 minute to figure out which way they go but it is well worth it.

 

That is an excellent article.
Just keep in mind that in the article, tire rotation "evenly wears all 4 tires."

Nowhere does it say that tire rotation "benefits you financially", or "extends the life of all your tires." These 2 claims are what we hear from mechanics and not from technicians.

I'm pretty much convinced that rotating my tires every 7,500 miles will provide an even wear for safety reasons. Thanxs aLL.

 

Dry rot is no joke... it does happen to the tires when the rubber starts to crack and age, even tho it may still have tread life left.

 

Just becuase they are sitting on the rear wont make them dry rot. There are tires that last 80,000 miles. So as long as the car is moving and in use, i dont think dry rot will be an issue anytime soon.

 

whoa whoa wait... I thought it was direct swap? Keep it on the same side?