Replacing tyres on oposite corners...

[Ved]

The 4motion is in for a service today and the report has come back with some advisories, one being the near side rear is in need of a replacement in a short while. However, the offside front has a slow leak meaning it drops a couple of PSI every couple of weeks.

So, is it wise to replace oposite corners or do all four at once since this is a 4wd car?

The tread on the other tyres is good and reasonably even but the leak on the front is not going to get better.

Ta


David

[Greenpis]

Are the wheel sizes the same front and back, if so swap the good front with the bad back one, and put two new ones on the front.

[EDLT]

Internet experts will tell you you need to replace all four tyres or some none-specific part of the transmission will explode under the strain.

[hornetrider]

As above, move NSF to NSR and put two new tyres on the front.

[Ved]

Cheers all. Lateral thinking on PH...on a Friday. Amazing.

David

[Greenpis]

Ved said:

Cheers all. Lateral thinking on PH...on a Friday. Amazing.

David

And with a Hangover

[Disco You]

I'd always prefer to have better/newer tyres on the back, because I'd rather understeer unexpectedly rather than oversteer... But that might just be me... Wait, no, that's everyone that I have ever spoken to on the subject. In fact this is the only time I've seen people recommend having older tyres on the back on a motor forum.

[Greenpis]

Disco You said:

I'd always prefer to have better/newer tyres on the back, because I'd rather understeer unexpectedly rather than oversteer... But that might just be me... Wait, no, that's everyone that I have ever spoken to on the subject. In fact this is the only time I've seen people recommend having older tyres on the back on a motor forum.

Would it make that much difference if the rears were above 3mm of tread?

[GravelBen]

Disco You said:

I'd always prefer to have better/newer tyres on the back, because I'd rather understeer unexpectedly rather than oversteer... But that might just be me... Wait, no, that's everyone that I have ever spoken to on the subject. In fact this is the only time I've seen people recommend having older tyres on the back on a motor forum.

You haven't talked to many people on here then! Its been covered many times, while the 'standard numpty-proof answer' is indeed to put the new ones on the rear there are plenty of us who prefer oversteer to understeer as it gives you more options for dealing with the situation.

Putting slightly better tyres on the front should help reduce the VW tendency toward chronic understeer its not going to turn the car into some rabid oversteering beast.

[CPB31]

New tyres on the back.

http://www.tyresafe.org/news-and-events/detail/mot...

As explained by Vicki...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5YsQ_a_ijA

[Disco You]

GravelBen said:

Disco You said:

I'd always prefer to have better/newer tyres on the back, because I'd rather understeer unexpectedly rather than oversteer... But that might just be me... Wait, no, that's everyone that I have ever spoken to on the subject. In fact this is the only time I've seen people recommend having older tyres on the back on a motor forum.

You haven't talked to many people on here then! Its been covered many times, while the 'standard numpty-proof answer' is indeed to put the new ones on the rear there are plenty of us who prefer oversteer to understeer as it gives you more options for dealing with the situation.

Putting slightly better tyres on the front should help reduce the VW tendency toward chronic understeer its not going to turn the car into some rabid oversteering beast.

I'm fully aware that there's a "numpty proof" version and a version for people who may want the car to tend to oversteer rather than understeer. Upon reading the OP I decided to recommend, or at least suggest as an option, the industry-approved "safe" approach because of the way that the OP comes across. That's not to say that I thought that the OP is a "numpty" but someone who has to ask such a question suggests that he doesn't know a lot about such things, as such tending to understeer is probably best for him imo.

[Petrolhead_Rich]

Front wheels do 75% of braking, 100% of steering (with a few exceptions), and in FWD cars 100% of acceleration, 4wd cars use the fronts, either 50/50 or with some fancy split.

Front blow out results in car rolling over sometimes!

rear blow out results in car spinning out.
oversteer is better, much more options, in a 4wd car your not going to notice.

front tyres are going to be first to hit debris too, so i want more tread to keep the debris away from the tread.

As for the slating of the VAG cars for understeer, i suffer from lift off oversteer with my A4, possibly due to driving style, possibly because i have old, low tread tyres on the back (thus counteracting the dangerous understeer