A proper tyre firm in Bristol (Whitehouse Lane based) informed me that swapping rears to fronts in an FWD car was a bad move, due to the rears doing little work. IDK if this is good or bad advice. Anyone have any thoughts / experience?
A proper tyre firm in Bristol (Whitehouse Lane based) informed me that swapping rears to fronts in an FWD car was a bad move, due to the rears doing little work. IDK if this is good or bad advice. Anyone have any thoughts / experience?
in fairness they said the tyres were all ok. I looked at them recently and decided all 4 were getting to the point they needed to be changed so I got them done.
Car feels as lovely as it's possible for a disco to feel now.
Still handles like a cross-channel ferry though.
I went for Cooper Discoverer AT/3 as I get 30% discount.My Disco 2 is on a new set of Goodyears 255-55-R18
Very good on the road, but I would not want to go off road with them!
Tyre choice-wheel size for a 4x4 is not easy!
Either you go for big wheels and road orientated tyres which are quiet.
Or you go for small wheels and huge side walled mud and snows which are noisey and are hopeless on tarmac. But good on a muddy field.
What surprises me is how long mud and snows last (if you get the tyre pressures right) when used on the road.
A proper tyre firm in Bristol (Whitehouse Lane based) informed me that swapping rears to fronts in an FWD car was a bad move, due to the rears doing little work. IDK if this is good or bad advice. Anyone have any thoughts / experience?
I agree if your the kind of driver that pushes their car to the limit but 95% of drivers never get near the break away point of the tyres.The general advice is that when buying new tyres they should be fitted to the rear, and the rears moved to the front.
The idea being that (whether FWD or RWD) oversteer is more likely to cause an accident, so fitting the best tyres at the back minimizes that danger.
I have lost the back end of a couple of vehicles but always on ice when no amount of tread will save you.Wendel: used to think that, but got caught out on slippery roads once, well below the speed limit, front wheel drive car, braked gently and the back end slid away, caught it at 90 degrees and got it stopped, but still a bit hair raising given the traffic in front was stopped dead. So now my best tyres are always on the rear...front end slide is more controllable than a rear end slide....YMMV though
I agree if your the kind of driver that pushes their car to the limit but 95% of drivers never get near the break away point of the tyres.
In my opinion for most drivers who are commuting or on school runs etc the best tyres should be on the front as under heavy breaking the fronts take most of the weight, your steering is on the front so a tyre burst or puncture will affect the car more and finally most cars nowadays are FWD so in tricky conditions (snow, mud etc) you are less likely to get stuck.
If your the kind of driver that pushes their car to the edge, disregards speed limits, driving rural roads etc then I agree the best tyres should be on the rear but if your that kind of driver really you should be changing your tyres before they reach the legal limit!
I had a car with a set of super cheap tyres, it didn't feel right on the road, when it was jacked up and the wheels spun by hand the runout on all of them was horrific and one of the rears was oval. A set of decent tyres and it drove like a different car.