Just had some new tyres fitted and one guy on the desk at ATS said they put new tyres on the fronts on FWD cars, other said they go on the rear. They couldn't make their minds up and put the new tyres on the front.
Who was right ?
Brace yourselves group...
If you search the archives of this NG using Google Groups, you will find there has been much discussion (and no definitive answer IMHO) on this matter over recent months.
I belong to the "new tyres on the driven wheels" school, but there will be an equal number of folk with quite valid reasons why the new tyres should always go on the rear.
Good luck with making an "informed" choice :-)
Chris
Years ago it was possible to wear your tyres down to the canvas, it was not at all unusual to see totally bald tyres. So, if you bought new tyres they would obviously be better than your old ones and so less liable to skid. A rear wheel skid is easier to control than a front wheel skid so the new tyres went on the front. But nowadays you can't do that so its can of worms time folks.
Simple solution to the argument - replace all 4 at the same time. ;)
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On my car the fronts wear down approx twice as fast as the rears. So I suspect when I come to change the fronts again the rears will also need replacing.
I know that doesn't answer the question :)
It depends whether you're planning to use the car on dangerous roads.
new or best tyres on the rear (if posible) is the recommendation of the major tyre makers and the trade associations
But there's no..... [sorry!]
Hehe plenty of tread on the backs ;)
...nicks a few
Which is nearly every road in the UK lol.
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NAHAY?
No.
That's my experience and thinking too: New tyres go on the fronts (when they are about half worn) and the original fronts go on the rear unless they have the edges taken off due to tracking problems.
Though some say that with most French FWD cars you should put the new rubber on the rears as that is where the car gets most of its stability from - I have never been able to tell the difference through 4 froggy cars in the last 9 years (Laguna, Laguna2, Pug 307 and Clio mk2).
-- Chris
I have a sneaking suspicion that they hope you will come back quicker if they put new tyres on the back. Otherwise you might move away or forget the name and place where you last got tyres fitted.
On some French cars you could put supermarket trolley castors on the back and wouldn't notice the difference.
You're both right.
Unless you have a wrong-end drive car?
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