Rear tyres wear quicker than fronts?

[johnbmwboy]

Hi All,

I've got Conti RFT's on the front that have a lot more tread (7mm) than the Bridgestone RFT's on the rear (4mm).

I'm going to swap them over because I presume the rears wear quicker than the fronts? Am I right?

Cheers,
John

[Daffy]

Rears do wear faster as the car is RWD. Depending upon the size of your wheels, you may not be able to swap them over as the rear wheels may be wider than the fronts.

[ubicomp]

I'm going to swap them over because I presume the rears wear quicker than the fronts? Am I right?

Tires on the drive wheels always wear faster than the non-drive wheels.

[Darren M]

Personally don't see the point in doing that especially if running summer tyres all years round. The wear characteristics are also different between front and back. Just put new tyres on the rear then next time they'll probably all need replacing arounnd the same time. SOd paying for someone to swap the old tyres over to the rear unless of course you can just swap the wheels round if they're the same size . Personally I wouldn't do it though.
As Daffy has said you mgiht find the tyres are different sizes anyway

[johnbmwboy]

Thanks all.

I've got stock 245x45x17 all round.

I want to replace my run flats all at once, so think I'll swap the good un's front to back. Do a few burn out's with my 2.0 and they'll all wear out at once

Already got the compressor and cans of tyre goop at the ready.

Cheers,
John

[Ewazix]

Not abad idea to swap anyway, as a general rule you should put your best tyres on the rear irrispective of it being front or rear drive, but more so on a sports RWD.If the front lets go first in a bend the results are likely to be understeer, if the rears let go it's hedge-backwards time unless you or the DSC are on the ball.

[RichardG]

Thanks all.

I've got stock 245x45x17 all round.

I want to replace my run flats all at once, so think I'll swap the good un's front to back. Do a few burn out's with my 2.0 and they'll all wear out at once

Already got the compressor and cans of tyre goop at the ready.

Cheers,
John

Standard tyre size on the 103's is 225x45x17, think you better double check or is it a typo.

[johnbmwboy]

Thanks all.

I've got stock 245x45x17 all round.

I want to replace my run flats all at once, so think I'll swap the good un's front to back. Do a few burn out's with my 2.0 and they'll all wear out at once

Already got the compressor and cans of tyre goop at the ready.

Cheers,
John

Standard tyre size on the 103's is 225x45x17, think you better double check or is it a typo.

You're right, it's 225 not 245. Thanks Richard.

[johnbmwboy]

Not abad idea to swap anyway, as a general rule you should put your best tyres on the rear irrispective of it being front or rear drive, but more so on a sports RWD.If the front lets go first in a bend the results are likely to be understeer, if the rears let go it's hedge-backwards time unless you or the DSC are on the ball.

Crikey, I didn't think of that. Thanks.

[powerontap]

If you have DTC and turn it off, you can expect 50-75% faster wear...I've experienced it myself!

[TO//M]

If you have 4mm tread depth in the middle of the tire I'll bet you don't have anything near that on the inside edge. The negative camber of the rear suspension wears the tires at a very uneven rate.

[nicko]

If you have DTC and turn it off, you can expect 50-75% faster wear...I've experienced it myself!

I'm guessing you mean DSC, rather than DTC

[powerontap]

If you have DTC and turn it off, you can expect 50-75% faster wear...I've experienced it myself!

I'm guessing you mean DSC, rather than DTC

Pressing the DSC once disables traction control only, not the stability control.

[nicko]

Pressing the DSC once disables traction control only, not the stability control.

Is your manual different to mine?
Pressing DSC button once enables DTC
DTC is traction control

you can have
DSC (traction control and stability control)
or
DSC+DTC (more traction control and less stability control)
or
nothing [DSC off] (no traction control and no stability control)

[a11y]

Not abad idea to swap anyway, as a general rule you should put your best tyres on the rear irrispective of it being front or rear drive, but more so on a sports RWD.If the front lets go first in a bend the results are likely to be understeer, if the rears let go it's hedge-backwards time unless you or the DSC are on the ball.

Agree with this 100%. I always argue with my father-in-law (who's a car trader) about this: he says put best tyres on the front, I say best tyres on the rear. Unless you're a driving god, understeer is a far safer thing to deal with than oversteer - on the public roads at least.