CityNG:
You should always change both tires on any on axle at the same time and the best tires should go on to the steering axles.

The idea is that with nodder engineering a blow out on the rear can be more easily handled than on the front. Additionally a read slide might be an inconvenience but a frontal slide could be disastrous.

When you loose grip on our rear wheels you mostly stay in your lane but a front wheel slide guarantees that you'll leave your lane.

All that being said I change all my four tires at the same time, it's cheap insurance and no matter what you drive or how awesome your car is, the tires are the final contact with the road and the deciding factor on how good of a experience that you'll have.

I just bought for brand new tires for a vehicle that may not even be under it's own power for a year - $200

GAZZUZZ:
I wonder what happened to cityng's post?

silvoice:
how?

silvoice:
exactly my idea. So this tire experts online are wrong or what?

CityNG:


Regardless of the source, I follow my own path and do my own thing based on my own experiences even if it goes against the norm or against "experts".

Sometimes I'm wrong but it's the way we learn as humans.

I never ever buy a pair of tires and always buy in fours so I've never had to test my theory personally.

PS: Just look at how many things we do in a day that goes against what experts says but we use our own individual judgement.

1) Crossing roads without using crosswalk

2) Going faster than the speed limit

3) Eating raw fish

4) Having unprotected sex

5) Getting married

List goes on and on.

AutosBay:
When replacing only 2 tires the new ones should always be installed on the rear axle, ESPECIALLY when the car is FWD. The reason being is that if you lose traction at the rear axle your chances of losing control of the vehicle and having a serious accident are dramatically greater than if you lose traction on the front tires.

The "age-old-wisdom" was based primarily on the idea that on a FWD vehicle the front tires wear faster. So what? Is it better to even out treadwear or not wrap yourself around a tree? To a lesser extent it was also based around the idea that the front tires do most of the braking and all of the turning and thus should have the best traction but as the links below show vehicle stability is more important and that is imparted by the rear tires, not the front. Also, people like to have "traction" in snow but what they really mean is acceleration, not traction per se. If you've ever driven down a highway in the winter during a blizzard and noticed all the cars in the ditch they all have a common characteristic - you are looking at their headlights. They all went into the ditch backwards, meaning they spun out due to a loss of traction at the rear tires.

It is the policy of most major tire manufacturers including: Goodyear, Dunlop, Pirelli, Continental, Cooper, Bridgestone/Firestone, Michelin, etc that 2 new tires go on the rear. Most tire stores now are adhering to this policy. Avoid those that don't.

CityNG:




PS: Just look at how many things we do in a day that goes against what experts says but we use our own individual judgement.

1) Crossing roads without using crosswalk

2) Going faster than the speed limit

3) Eating raw fish

4) Having unprotected sex

5) Getting married

List goes on and on.

GAZZUZZ:

CityNG:


It's okay my Bros.

If you've paid alimony to an Ex Wife for 15 years after a divorce then you'll sabi well well

You don't have to be married in these modern times to enjoy the same benefits of marriage.

GAZZUZZ:


Your parents will be so proud of you.

silvoice:
this is theory. If u are in Nigeria, with our beautiful roads, wil u put ur best tires at the back and fix 10 yrs and above tire in d front and be pushing 140k/h

Costee:

Hm. Yes, with our well laid out (beautiful) roads, the more reason that your should heed the theory of the experts.

Costee:

Hm. Yes, with our well laid out (beautiful) roads, the more reason that your should heed the theory of the experts.