Rotating tires...

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mustangmann

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I recently bought a set of 4 new tires and I would like to make sure I rotate them every 6,000 like they say, and also the correct way to get the most mileage out of them as possible. What is the best way to rotate tires? The criss cross method or front to rears and rears to fronts? Thanks.
 

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I rotate mine front to rear since they are directional. Inorder for me to rotate them criss-cross I would need to dismount and remount tires.

Bob
 

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I have BFG Traction T/A and they are directional. I rotate front->back, back->front
 

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ditto. front to back back to front. i havent noticed much difference in tire wear side to side.
 

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Just drive the car in reverse for the next 6000 miles, that way you avoid any unnecessary jack-related mishaps. :thumb:
 

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I would just do front to rear. Thats what I did when I worked as a mechanic. We very rarely noticed much difference by doing the criss-cross method.
 

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For Gen IIIs that have not broken the welds at the top of the strut towers, you will find potential camber difficulties appear and it can lead to wanting to be able to shift the tires from side to side, as well as front to back. As noted above, if you are running uni-directional tread pattern tires, you cannot do this unless you dismount the tires and then remount them for the other side.

The indication that you are having this problem will be more wear on one side of the tire than the other. On our cars, most commonly the inner side wearing more than the outer. Most performance tires tend to be uni-directional these days, so you either live with this and wear out the tires faster than normal, or get the welds cut and the strut adjustment ground out so you can alter the camber enough to get things back into spec. This is not cheap if you are paying someone else to do it, but you only pay it once and tires are not cheap either. You can, of course, just do it yourself. A rotary cutter for each of those spot welds and then a grinder to lengthen the adjustment range for the strut at the top of the tower. You will then need to re-alighn the front end.

pax, smn
 

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both of my taurii, '97 SLO and '99 SHO, have had the strut tower welds removed and altered accordingly.
no big deal.
i used touch up paint to detail out the bare metal finish inside the engine compartment.
 
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