Matthew Rehrer <mrehrer@rehrer.com> writes:
> > i never understood the rotating tires business... you replace in pairs
> > anyway right? the one thing that can be helpful on stock suspensions with
> > inadequate camber or roll control is to swap them so the "fresh" edge that
> > was to the inside of the wheel is now on the outside
>
> So with a stock alignment on my rwd car I wear the outsides of my fronts
> faster than the insides and the rears have worn a little faster than the
> fronts (although evenly).
>
> I have been considering swapping the fronts by having them remounted on the
> opposite wheels. Can not decide if its worth the pain. Anybody else do
> this?
Using this reasoning I've re-mounted all-season Michelins with success, years
ago.
But I haven't heard anything good about flipping and remounting radial
Hoosier autocross tires, which my stock car chorded in 50 runs.
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