Replacing Car Tyre

Ditzy_Mitzy

I wouldn't worry about it.  Occasional wheelspin in the wet is quite normal in a car with no traction control.  The only thing that might be worth looking at is the uneven wear, assuming the two tyres on the front axle are the same age.  

venomx

Ditzy_Mitzy said:

I wouldn't worry about it.  Occasional wheelspin in the wet is quite normal in a car with no traction control.  The only thing that might be worth looking at is the uneven wear, assuming the two tyres on the front axle are the same age.  

Ah thanks !
I did check the front nearside again and it's actually 4mm so no need to worry

venomx

What about rotating tyres, is this mainly to get the most out of them or is it mainly for saving pennies by not having to replace them as often ?

Edit: I feel like a right idiot now. I wasn't checking the tyre properly as the tyre centre said. ( I was checking the outside of the tyre, not right in the middle )

Front Nearside is 5.1mm
Front offside is 5.5mm
Rear nearside is 7.5mm ( this tyre was fitted a month ago )
Rear offside is 6mm

Ditzy_Mitzy

venomx said:

What about rotating tyres, is this mainly to get the most out of them or is it mainly for saving pennies by not having to replace them as often ?

It's supposedly done to even up the wear on the tyres, given that the fronts tend to take more punishment than the rears.  Rotation isn't possible on all cars as some have differently sized wheels front and back, but can be done on most front wheel drives.  I've never bothered to do it so cannot comment as to the method's efficacy.  Ensuring the pressures are correct is of greater importance in my opinion.  

Ebe_Scrooge

venomx said:

What about rotating tyres, is this mainly to get the most out of them or is it mainly for saving pennies by not having to replace them as often

The main reason is that front tyres tend to wear faster than rears, in general.  So, if you replace the fronts a couple of times and the rears still have plenty of tread, it's theoretically possible for the rears to have plenty of tread left on them, but they've actually perished due to age, so need replacing anyway.

And, at the risk of resurrecting the age-old debate, the general advice is to have the "best" tyres at the back.  So when the front ones wear out, you stick the back ones onto the front, and put new tyres on the back.

NSG666

venomx said:

What about rotating tyres, is this mainly to get the most out of them or is it mainly for saving pennies by not having to replace them as often ?

Edit: I feel like a right idiot now. I wasn't checking the tyre properly as the tyre centre said. ( I was checking the outside of the tyre, not right in the middle )

Front Nearside is 5.1mm
Front offside is 5.5mm
Rear nearside is 7.5mm ( this tyre was fitted a month ago )
Rear offside is 6mm

If you rotate them so they wear out evenly you just end up delaying a bigger bill but if you were on say a lease deal or were getting rid of the car soon then it can be worth rotating them so that you don't have to buy any at all.

If you were doing low mileage and it would take years to wear out the rears then it would also be worth rotating them as they degrade with age but for most drivers this will not be an issue.

photome

venomx said:

Went to the tyre place and they said there's plenty of tread left on all of the tyres and they don't need replacing   

Thats what I said ,a couple of posts above

venomx

photome said:

venomx said:

Went to the tyre place and they said there's plenty of tread left on all of the tyres and they don't need replacing   

Thats what I said ,a couple of posts above

Yep. The other problem was I wasn't checking the tyre properly lol. They're actually all 5.1mm and above

venomx

You are supposed to use these inside grooves to check tread right ?

Ebe_Scrooge

venomx said:

You are supposed to use these inside grooves to check tread right ?

The legal limit is 1.6mm across the central 3/4 of the tyre, around the entire circumference.  See those little "bars" in between the main grooves?  They're tread wear indicators.  If one of them is flush with the surface of the tread, then it's time to change.  Well, common sense says you should change them a bit before that, but that's the absolute legal minimum.