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Vogue Member Since: 31 Jan 2008 Location: on the hill Posts: 3728 |
I don’t strictly rotate mine as it’s bad for the carcass / tyre construction. What I do is shift the front tyres to the back and vice Versa - i.e the rotation remains the same. I want all my tyres to wear out at the same time - it’s a pet hate of mine having new tyres on the front and old on the rear - I would rather just go to the tyre depo once and have done with it and have nice new tyres all round. 2021 L405 Vogue SE 4.4 V8 DIESEL ~ #17 |
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10th Aug 2022 10:25pm |
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CS Member Since: 14 Apr 2015 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1370 |
Based on my 322 experience the different tyre wear depending on position on the car can cause wobbles and poorer handling if the wheels are rotated, especially with blockier off road type patterns, at least until the tyres bed in to their new positions.
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12th Aug 2022 9:48am |
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stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 35217 |
when mine goes into the dealer for service i always tell them to leave the wheels/tyres as they are..they're happy to do that as its one less job for them. ... - .- -.
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12th Aug 2022 10:46am |
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cxdood Member Since: 05 Jul 2020 Location: USA Posts: 58 |
What you are describing doing - moving the front wheels to the back and the back wheels to the front - is what the dealers would do here. That's one way of doing tire rotation in the US. By "I don’t strictly rotate mine" do you mean that you reposition them side to side? I don't think the Land Rover dealers here do that either. I don't think it's possible with tires that are directional - made to rotate in a certain direction. Unless you dismount the tires from the rims. My question was just why the manual and the official dealership seems to disagree. Who is right? I change the winter/summer wheels myself, and it's not extra work to switch the front and back when the wheels are off anyway. I just wonder which is best, to rotate front to back or not. I wonder why the Land Rover manual would recommend against it. Wouldn't it be good to even out the wear between front and back? L405 2016 - Supercharged V6 petrol 380hp |
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12th Aug 2022 5:38pm |
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cxdood Member Since: 05 Jul 2020 Location: USA Posts: 58 |
If wear is similar on all positions it would make sense to not rotate them. I just wonder why an official dealership would do something that the manual says not to do and if Land Rover would not stop them from doing that. L405 2016 - Supercharged V6 petrol 380hp |
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12th Aug 2022 5:40pm |
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