Tire Maintenance
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Tire Maintenance
Do the tires on EV (I have 580) require regular rotation? I've read both sides of rotating regularly. Are you guys rotating your tires? How frequently? I have GoodYear Summer tires that came with the car and I've put just over 5K miles.
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Since my 450+ does not have staggered tires, I rotate every 5,000 miles and have the alignment checked. These tires cost enough without risking uneven wear. My original Bridgestone Run Flats were gone at 13,000 miles
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I do not rotate tires. The cost of dismount/remount and balancing is more than any savings via longevity. The last time I bought a set of tires the mounting and balancing cost was about $200. I get about 10,000 to 15,000 miles on a set of tires or about 4 years of driving.
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I do not rotate tires. The cost of dismount/remount and balancing is more than any savings via longevity. The last time I bought a set of tires the mounting and balancing cost was about $200. I get about 10,000 to 15,000 miles on a set of tires or about 4 years of driving.
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I was referring to dismounting the wheel, moving it, remounting the wheel then balancing. I checked my invoice and found that the cost was $25 per tire plus tax plus shop supplies (flat fee) for a total of $117. Not the $200 I remembered. Discount Tire does not have a store in my county.
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I was referring to dismounting the wheel, moving it, remounting the wheel then balancing. I checked my invoice and found that the cost was $25 per tire plus tax plus shop supplies (flat fee) for a total of $117. Not the $200 I remembered. Discount Tire does not have a store in my county.
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I don't know if I've ever had perfectly balanced rotors/hubs or not, as I've never experienced the vehicle symptoms that necessitated these measurements. A skilled tech using a Hunter Road Force balancing machine has produced zero perceptible vibration routinely over several cars over many years. Of course, each can choose their own process, but we wouldn't advise against or rule out tire rotation based on cost when the costs electively incurred are beyond what is needed.
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That applies to anything with 4 wheels. Its not an EV thing.
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