Yidney

Rotating directional tires on staggered wheels requires dismounting them and flipping sides. Do any of you do it or do you get even enough wear that you just wear them down and buy new?

shpent

Good question. Just got a new set and it was recommended side to side every 5k. Did not do before rotate andbalance is included. Think it would make a difference ?


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CLK550 $wagger

Im lucky if my rear tires last 5k. The Sad part is I'm serious...


I was thinking about this myself but I figured it wasn't really worth it because my last set seemed to wear pretty even. Well, even enough because the right rear wore a little more but nothing major.

mis3

I don't but if it helps with tire wear, I would do it.

BTW. Why is the right-rear the worse? Something to do with traction control?

Rudeney

I would not rotate side-to-side unless you dismount the tires and reverse them on the rim so that when moved to the other side, the tread rolls in the same direction as it did originally. There is an old myth that radial tires should not be reversed for risk of damaging the belts, but that has been proven wrong. However, the rubber tread does tend to feather slightly based on it's rotational direction on the pavement. Reversing this can cause a lot of noise, and until the tread conforms to the new direction, reduced traction. Based on the cost of dismounting, I don't think I'd bother - just buy new tires. On the staggered setup of the CLK, you will probably get about half the mileage form the rears, so on a V8, expect 20K from the back, 40K from the front.

CLK550 $wagger

Do most people actually get 20k out of the rears? I seriously have trouble getting 8k out of mine.

Mka77

Sounds like you don't have an adjustable camber kit installed?

They really save tires. I was in the same boat until I bought Ghostrider's camber kit.

Best spent money. Help yourself and get hooked up with a set.

Glyn M Ruck

I have a slightly different take backed by experience & Michelin France. If you want tyres to stay quiet & minimise air pumping noise.

~ Do not buy directional rotation tyres. (That does NOT mean that they can't have an "inside" & "outside".)

~ If not staggered fitment then rotate corner to corner so as to change tyre direction of rotation & even feathering.

~ If staggered fitment rotate across the same axle to change direction of rotation.

~ Only buy tyres with radial bands of tread & minor sipes. No big tread blocks. Some blocking on the shoulder/s OK.

This is for quiet, vibration & resonance free tyres over their life. Accept that rotation always accelerates tyre wear for a period of time while the tyre settles into it's new location.

Our Chassis is tyre fussy from a noise perspective.

Rudeney

I'm expecting close to 20K. The P-Zeroes that came on the car when I bought it were not new and lasted 15K. My Michelins Primacies have almost 10K and 5/32nd left (started at 8/32nd). I'll run the down to 2 before replacing.