Rotating tires without knowing their previous position on car

[IllusionX]

Originally Posted by CoryM

In terms of wear, put the tires with the best shoulders to the front. The front tires wear more because they do the steering etc.

Note that it is typically considered safest to have the grippier tires on the rear as it is less likely to cause oversteer. I personally do not agree with this as I would rather be able to brake/steer and deal with a little oversteer, but stats have shown that understeer is safer for most drivers.

Actually, it is the rear tires that help you stop. That's why the best tires are installed in the rear.

But since we tend to rotate our tires and change all 4 when they are done for, we always put the less worn in front so at the end of the season, all tires are worn equal.

In an ideal world, you would wear down the front tires, and get new tires for the rear and move the old ones to the front.

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[CoryM]

Originally Posted by IllusionX

Actually, it is the rear tires that help you stop. That's why the best tires are installed in the rear.

The front tires handle most of the braking due to the weight transfer. 70-80% of braking is done on the front. Best tires on rear is only to reduce oversteer conditions (driving and braking) because inexperienced drivers do not react well to oversteer.

[Rigaud]

Originally Posted by IllusionX

Actually, it is the rear tires that help you stop. That's why the best tires are installed in the rear.

But since we tend to rotate our tires and change all 4 when they are done for, we always put the less worn in front so at the end of the season, all tires are worn equal.

In an ideal world, you would wear down the front tires, and get new tires for the rear and move the old ones to the front.

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This......... (y) A fact and based on tire manufacturers and nothing to do with driving experience.

[CoryM]

Originally Posted by Rigaud

This......... (y) A fact and based on tire manufacturers and nothing to do with driving experience.

Can you explain the physics of how rear tires would be more important for braking? They do about 20-30% of braking and help provide stability, but the fronts are doing most of the work.

You also may want to look into why virtually every single production vehicle built in the last 30yrs is designed to understeer. Coles notes: Inexperienced/bad drivers do not react well to oversteer and make it worse by doing the wrong thing. Whereas with understeer their natural reaction is the correct one.