Hello all,

Had my Octavia VRS Diesel for a year now since new and loving it.

However my front tyres are now down to 3mm but rears have got over 6mm on still.

Is there any issue in putting the rears on the front and vice versa. Will there be a problem with the pressure sensor at all ?

I'd like to change the all four tyres at once rather than just buy new ones for the front, and get a bit more use out of these.

thanks for any help

dan

Hello all,

Had my Octavia VRS Diesel for a year now since new and loving it.

However my front tyres are now down to 3mm but rears have got over 6mm on still.

Is there any issue in putting the rears on the front and vice versa. Will there be a problem with the pressure sensor at all ?

I'd like to change the all four tyres at once rather than just buy new ones for the front, and get a bit more use out of these.

thanks for any help

dan

Yes I usually rotate my tyres in the manner you suggest to even out the wear. You will probably want to adjust the pressures anyway if you do a front/back swap since the rear usually runs at higher pressure. Once you've done this I would suggest you just reset the TPM (by pressing and holding the button until you hear it beep).

Cheers,

Bob.

As Bob says, also remember the TPM is not very accurate, check your pressures regularly, the TPM usually requires a considerable pressure drop to give a warning. I think you will find on the forum the full explanation of how this system works.

I rotate my wheels on a regular basis, this goes back to my first vehicles and early days in the motor trade, even after 40 years + in the trade.

Your tyres will all wear evenly, the only possible drawback is having to change a full set, the advatage is all tyres will be the same and you will often get 4 for the price of 3 offers.

cheers guys for the info.

I've rotated tyres on my older cars in the past just wanted to make sure their wasnt something weird with sensor. I've noticed its not that accurate it seem to be more of a warning of a very low tyre rather than it losing

a few pounds. I'll crack on with changing them this week. Will take an hour so lol as i dont have any axle stands and will have to do it utilsing the spare :(

I prefer to change all four tyres at once so they are fresh of the same compound batch etc

IMHO you should buy a new pair of tyres; fit them to the rear and put the rears to the front.

Repeat the process in 5-6,000 miles when you have worn out the fronts.

When switching tyres and/or checking pressures its a simple job to reset the TPM.

IMHO you should buy a new pair of tyres; fit them to the rear and put the rears to the front.

Repeat the process in 5-6,000 miles when you have worn out the fronts.

When switching tyres and/or checking pressures its a simple job to reset the TPM.

+1!

I think you will find that you should have the most tread on your rear set! http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/safety/car-tyres.html

I think you will find that you should have the most tread on your rear set! http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/safety/car-tyres.html

"New tyres to the front or rear?

Check the car handbook first as some vehicle manufacturers give specific advice on this. If there is no information in the handbook, then it's good practice for safety to fit the best/newest tyres on the rear – in wet conditions, this favours understeer rather than oversteer. So if you have the front tyres renewed it's best to have the rear ones moved to the front and the new tyres fitted to the rear."

Not for me. Give me oversteer rather than understeer any day!

Not for me. Give me oversteer rather than understeer any day!

That is; until you have gone through a hedge backwards!

That is; until you have gone through a hedge backwards!

Better that than forwards, I'd rather not see what hard object I'm about to hit

If they're down to 3mm just replace them - they are seriously past their best.

German tyres? 3mm and less they have a lower traction compound and should be replaced!

I must be tight, down to the wear bars for me!

well they still are giving plenty of traction and grip so why not move them to the rear and utilise the rears, They maybe past their best but am about to start doing a 70 mile round trip commute each day with a new 69 of which is motorway miles. I'd rather use up my tyres rather than unnecessarily buy new ones which arent cheap. I'm not really bothered about spending the money but why bother if they are perfectly usable

Well I always put new tyres to the Drive wheels when i just fit 2 and have been doing so for over 20 years now.

And I have never had a problem.

the general rule of thumb is to have the best tyres on the rear axle, this is to maximise grip in the wet and to stop aquaplaning under braking as there is usually less weight on the back end to push the tyres down onto the road surface. Also if they are wide tyres (225 +) it is recomended to replace at 2-3mm.

HTH

forgot to say this is for fwd

Edited 5 January, 201115 yr by uscouter

IIRC, a test by Continental tyres showed that 80% of the wet grip was lost when 3mm tread remained. I've found that front end grip starts to go on wet roundabouts .So yes, I'd change the tyres.