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Old 11-11-09, 01:57 PM
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I was planning on doing the maintenance myself this time around and the manual says to rotate the tires. Since we have a staggered setup, do you guys just rotate the front two tires with each other and the back two tires with each other? Or just leave them alone?
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Leave them alone.
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If the inside of the tire is wearing faster than the rest of the tire you could dismount it from the rim and mount it on the other rim on the opposite side of the car.
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you have to make sure your tires dont have an outside and inside
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you can rotate/switch your tires (the front two tires with each other) depending on which TIRES you are using..I know you can't rotate certain brands due to their design

and you are correct, you shouldn't rotate the tires because it is a staggered setup
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to rotate the tires you'll need to dismount the rubber off the rim and swap it left to right/right to left, remount the tires/rebalance and there you're done.
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Originally Posted by llamaboiz
to rotate the tires you'll need to dismount the rubber off the rim and swap it left to right/right to left, remount the tires/rebalance and there you're done.
really? I was about to just swap the wheels lol...good thing I asked on here before doing so
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Originally Posted by w0ggy
really? I was about to just swap the wheels lol...good thing I asked on here before doing so
Yea, the tires are usually unidirectional
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haha trust me i was bummed to find this out, but owell ya gotta pay to play
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