New tyres ~ fit to front or rear? - Page 2

cargocar · 1st September 2012, 20:32

Should the best pair of tyres be on the front or back?

For max braking

For exiting an uphill juction in the wet

To keep control if a puncture occurs

rovexCDTi · 1st September 2012, 20:39

If the best tyres are on the front you get get better braking..

Not true, if the worst are on the back the back can come round causing a crash. Even with modern electronic stability control you want the best on the back because if the car detects the back coming round it will compensate by reducing front braking to keep you straight, which is better than going backwards into something. However the overall effect is a longer stopping distance than if you had a more stable rear to start with.

Better for pull aways, maybe, but thats the only situation its better. Better pull away equals more speed which means you need the best grip if you need to stop.. so better on the back. Its not an argument for better on the front, its an argument for rotating your tyres and replacing in 4s.

A front puncture is better than a rear puncture, so again better the newer tyre on the back. Less chance and more rubber and less stressed carcase means more likely to hold together in the event of a puncture.

Dashiel · 1st September 2012, 20:45

I thought the argument for the back is if you were to lose the back end on a front wheel drive car you are in major trouble. So you put the grippiest tyres on the back. On a front wheel drive vehicle the front is already taken care of with the weight of the engine and the drive from the wheels.

rovexCDTi · 1st September 2012, 20:49

That is true. On a RWD it still applies due to the braking and of course you want to control the power..

If the effect of putting the best on the back is so big that the front is now understeering like mad then you have either a **** car, dodgy suspension or the ever more 'popular' Chinese rings of death fitted.

MangoMan · 1st September 2012, 20:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by cargocar

Should the best pair of tyres be on the front or back?

For max braking

For exiting an uphill juction in the wet

To keep control if a puncture occurs

I want to see this road with no bends, curves, corners, roundabouts or camber??? Let alone other road users that might make you have to swerve!!!

Do what you dig man - just don't whinge when it ends in tears......

1st September 2012, 20:39	#12
rovexCDTi This is my second home MG ZT+ 135 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Exeter Posts: 3,626 Thanks: 9 Thanked 42 Times in 26 Posts	If the best tyres are on the front you get get better braking.. Not true, if the worst are on the back the back can come round causing a crash. Even with modern electronic stability control you want the best on the back because if the car detects the back coming round it will compensate by reducing front braking to keep you straight, which is better than going backwards into something. However the overall effect is a longer stopping distance than if you had a more stable rear to start with. Better for pull aways, maybe, but thats the only situation its better. Better pull away equals more speed which means you need the best grip if you need to stop.. so better on the back. Its not an argument for better on the front, its an argument for rotating your tyres and replacing in 4s. A front puncture is better than a rear puncture, so again better the newer tyre on the back. Less chance and more rubber and less stressed carcase means more likely to hold together in the event of a puncture. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Last edited by rovexCDTi; 1st September 2012 at 20:41..

1st September 2012, 20:49	#14
rovexCDTi This is my second home MG ZT+ 135 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Exeter Posts: 3,626 Thanks: 9 Thanked 42 Times in 26 Posts	That is true. On a RWD it still applies due to the braking and of course you want to control the power.. If the effect of putting the best on the back is so big that the front is now understeering like mad then you have either a **** car, dodgy suspension or the ever more 'popular' Chinese rings of death fitted. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

1st September 2012, 20:32	#11
cargocar Gets stuck in rover 75 tourer auto 2001 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: barnsley S75 6DR Posts: 580 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Should the best pair of tyres be on the front or back? For max braking For exiting an uphill juction in the wet To keep control if a puncture occurs

1st September 2012, 20:45	#13
Dashiel Posted a thing or two Rover 75 V6 2.0 Club Tourer LPG Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: South East Posts: 1,405 Thanks: 3 Thanked 39 Times in 34 Posts	I thought the argument for the back is if you were to lose the back end on a front wheel drive car you are in major trouble. So you put the grippiest tyres on the back. On a front wheel drive vehicle the front is already taken care of with the weight of the engine and the drive from the wheels.