tyre question

[gti yorks]

i have bought myself some michelin ps3 of ebay and they turned up today, my question is, can i put new tyres on the front or should i move my rear ones to the front??? i have conti 3's on the rear which are not that old, they have about 6-7m on them.

i did see the answer to my question on here a few weeks ago, but cant find it now, sorry 

[alexperkins]

Rears last a lot longer compared to fronts so the decision really comes down to you

[gti yorks]

Rears last a lot longer compared to fronts so the decision really comes down to you

yeah but i thought i read somewhere that its safer to have have tyres with the most tread on the rear, maybe i just dreamt it and am being a bit stupid

[alexperkins]

Well its better to have tyres with tread than no tread, but all tyres wear down over time!

[gti yorks]

i never knew that, thanks for the info

[alexperkins]

  no problem 

FYI i swapped my fronts and rears 6 months ago and have had no problems

[Tamiyoman]

I wold say better to have Tyres with most tread on the front driven wheels, especially with winter coming and with standing water they hit puddles 1st.
I just had my new tyres on front and left the rears as they were, they also have 6mm on rears although are cheapo tyres on rear, once they wear out a bit more i will put some Toyo T1R on the rear to match the fronts, can't go wrong with T1R, been using them for 5 years.

[Gene Hunt]

Rears last a lot longer compared to fronts so the decision really comes down to you

........as above but why didn't you get the same brand as the rears & match them up?. I run the same brand all round.

[gti yorks]

Rears last a lot longer compared to fronts so the decision really comes down to you

........as above but why didn't you get the same brand as the rears & match them up?. I run the same brand all round.

i like michelin pilot sport tyres, had them on my previous car and they performed well, but the continental tyres i have are also good, just personal preference really. i plan on replacing the other 2 with michelin ps3's when they are worn out

[LouCyffer]

I know what you're thinking re your original question. Conventional wisdom says most tread on the front. However I've recently read in a couple of places the idea that the tyres with most tread should be on the rear. I recall it was with regard to braking stability, particularly in the wet.

Given that your Contis have 5-6mm and a new tyre these days has a max of 8mm, I'd not expect much difference whichever were on the front. I'd probably stick the Contis on the front to wear them out first & then replace them with PS3s 

[gti yorks]

I know what you're thinking re your original question. Conventional wisdom says most tread on the front. However I've recently read in a couple of places the idea that the tyres with most tread should be on the rear. I recall it was with regard to braking stability, particularly in the wet.

Given that your Contis have 5-6mm and a new tyre these days has a max of 8mm, I'd not expect much difference whichever were on the front. I'd probably stick the Contis on the front to wear them out first & then replace them with PS3s 

thankyou LouCyffer, i thought i was goin mad for a minute, i knew i had read something like that somewhere.  

i have been out and had the michelins fitted and have swapped my contis over to the front, the contis have got just over 6m on them.

[LouCyffer]

You're welcome, buddy. My mate works at a national tyre fitting chain, & he says most tread should go to the rear.

[E30Dom]

They say put newer tyres on rear as the thinking is better to have under steer than over steer, but I doubt you would notice much difference with relatively new tyres...

[AdeMcG]

They say put newer tyres on rear as the thinking is better to have under steer than over steer, but I doubt you would notice much difference with relatively new tyres...

+1

On a Front Wheel Drive car, the relatively new advice was to put the new tyres on the rear and shift your old tyres to the front.

[ub7rm]

The argument for more tread on the front as said is that understeer is easier to control than oversteer (rear overtaking you as you go round a corner).  Which is perfectly valid and logical.

I know my driving style & the cars limits and choose to put the best tread on the front as the front does all the accelerating, steering and the lions share of the braking.  On a RWD car I think the best tread on the back is a more persuasive argument.

As a back up, a car with ESP will be able to compensate to some extent should the unfortunate happen.

Other opinions will differ