who here rotates thier tires and why? is there any reason you wouldnt rotate tires??

 

You rotate your tires so they wear evenly. Being that the tC is front wheel drive, the front tires will wear faster. You wouldn't rotate your tires if you had a staggered setup.

 

Well said.

 

yes lil_will is exactly correct! don't rotate them and watch what happens, then you'll see ;)

also when rotating them, go front to back otherwise i've always found with front wheel drive vehicles the car drifts due to radial pull.. so front to back it is.

 

i knew what it was for and i do rotate my tires, i actually made this thread for a vendor on this site who said he hadnt heard of rotating tires and didnt see why anyone would do it. he is selling staggered wheels and i was asking if they had them non staggered and that was my reasoning for not wanting staggered wheels. then ill be buying fronts more frequently because they cant be rotated.

 

I don't know of anyone who doesn't rotate their tires, but then again I work in a tire shop. This seems like common sense to me. There's a few different ways to rotate tires, and there's a couple factors involved. Assuming everyone on these forums is going to be rotating tires on a front wheel drive vehicle only, I made this picture showing the three different ways.

1. Non-Directional Tires, Non-Staggered Rims: Fronts straight to back, backs cross to front
2. Directional Tires, Non-Staggered Rims: Fronts straight to back, backs straight to front
3. Non-Directional Tires, Staggered Rims: Fronts swap to fronts, backs swap to backs
4. Directional Tires, Staggered Rims = SOL



Remember, you can rotate with staggered rims unless you have directional tires as well. It's called side-to-side rotation. Other than this, there are only two reasons not to rotate tires: Laziness or hating your tires.

 

When should you rotate your tires?

 

tongman- well toyo for instance says to rotate the proxes4 before 3500 miles to maintain warranty because they can't guarantee even wear if that interval isnt maintained..

So basically for low profile I'd say about every 3000-3500 miles.

 

how do you if you have staggered rims or not? im not so sure what it means

 

Staggard rims are different in size front to back.
Example: 18x8 up front and 18x9 in back
or if you have different offsets

 

thanks alot...sorry for the noob question, but directional meaning?

 

directional-

"Patterned tread that moves water more efficiently by assuming a single direction of rotation."

Basically, the tire has shaped V's or such which move water out from under the tire more effectivley than "unidirectional tires."... but at the sacrifice that they cannot be rotated into a position where the "V's" are backwards. This would channel water INTO the tire, resulting in constant hydroplaning.

 

Gotta take my tires to get them rotated.

 

As long as you have a jack and jackstands, just do it yourself. It's very simple.

 

yea, i just rotate them myself.

 

awsome...thanks alot

 

yeah just rotate them yourself...very easy

 

like mine, V shape is awsome

 

Would these be considered Directional????

 

i would say yes