polomouth
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 07:55 PM |
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swapping Toyo R888
Good evening all, just been in the garage and noticed that my rear tyres are alot more worn than the fronts. I was thinking off changing them over and
putting the rears on the front and the front tyres on the back so i could get abit more use out of them. Can anybody see a problem with this as i was
abit worried about changing them over and to the possible side affects it could cause. Thanks for any help.
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madteg
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 08:04 PM |
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Is it cheeper to put new ones on the back when worn out or to swop around and end up bying all four.
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polomouth
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 08:12 PM |
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Yeah got a price for 2 toyo 888 fitted for £168.00 cheapest so far. I just wanted to try and save some cash as skint at mo from being made redundant.
So just wanted to swop them over to keep them within legal tread depth for longer. I wasnt sure if it would upset the balance of the car buy swapping
them around that is my main concern.
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SteveWalker
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 08:17 PM |
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If you're skint, swap away. My only reason for trying to avoid doing so, is so I won't have to buy four at once when they all wear out.
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s2gse
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 08:19 PM |
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i had the same but in the end have purchased two new ones for the back as the old ones were to worn and well below the legal limit
also found the left rear was the worst as the tracks have been clockwise so most of the loading is on that tyre and the r888 can not be move from left
to right with out taking off the wheel as they are directional
but they are a great tyre
life's to short and so was the drive
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polomouth
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 08:35 PM |
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thanks for the replys lads. I think i'll be swapping them over for now tho as there is still abit of life in them yet. I'll just have to
deal with the big bill when i get to it. Hopefully things will have picked up by then tho.
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jimgiblett
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| posted on 16/6/09 at 11:20 AM |
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According my pal who is an ex works driver. Race tyres will be compromised if you swap them from rear to front or vice versa.
Roughly explained to me this is due to the fatiguing of the rubber. If you can imagine the tyre stationary the forces of acceleration will pull the
treads in completely the opposite direction to tyres under braking. Changing direction of the pull on the tread will cause fatiguing which will mean
that the tyres will preform worse and wear will be higher.
That said in normal road usage the difference will probably go unnoticed.
- Jim
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