Tire Rotation

[brihvac]

I rotated the tires this weekend. I looked on the tires and did not see that they were directional. They are the stock Dunlops. My question is are they directional and I missed the arrow. Or am I ok. I crossed them left front on right rear and and vise versa

 

[TJPark01]

I rotated the tires this weekend. I looked on the tires and did not see that they were directional. They are the stock Dunlops. My question is are they directional and I missed the arrow. Or am I ok. I crossed them left front on right rear and and vise versa

The tires are not directional, they are symmetrical meaning they can be operated in either direction. This is usually not a huge issue with RWD car, as they tend to wear tires more evenly then front drivers do, but a lot of people are surprised when they find out they have directional tires and to rotate them properly means you have to pull them off the rims, so they opt not to do that and just swap fronts and backs. If you have staggered tire set up it becomes even more problematic, where the labor to rotate the tires isn't worth it and it's often more cost effective to just replace them. Luckily neither is the case with the Genesis sedan, but keep it in mind when you have to change the OEM tires.

 

[Mark_888]

Maybe it depends on the car, but I have given up on rotating tires. In my experience it usually does more harm than good. Maybe others have different experiences.

I suspect that it does help somewhat if a tire is not wearing evenly, but that is symptom of a problem that should be fixed, rather than just trying to solve by rotating the tires.

 

[Disaster]

Maybe it depends on the car, but I have given up on rotating tires. In my experience it usually does more harm than good. Maybe others have different experiences.

I suspect that it does help somewhat if a tire is not wearing evenly, but that is symptom of a problem that should be fixed, rather than just trying to solve by rotating the tires.

Rotating tires is much more important with FWD's which have uneven weight bias and a tendency to wear the front tires much faster. However, alignment (and not necessarilly bad alignment) can cause slightly uneven wear on tires...different in the front vs. the rear and this uneven wear can be lessened, and tire life lengthened, by rotating them. It is pretty easy to swap the tires for/aft. If there is similar inside vs. outside wear front the back and you have uni-directional tires swapping them left to right is also a good thing to do. I do it at every oil change.

 

[Sayantsi]

Maybe it depends on the car, but I have given up on rotating tires. In my experience it usually does more harm than good. Maybe others have different experiences.

I suspect that it does help somewhat if a tire is not wearing evenly, but that is symptom of a problem that should be fixed, rather than just trying to solve by rotating the tires.

I agree, with rwd cars. I don't think it does harm, it just makes sure each tire hits the accelerated wear positions (the rear) so they all wear down equally as fast. You will always get camber wear unless you actually pull the tires off the wheels and swap them inside-outside, and that's unreasonable imo. The rest is really drive slip-friction that wears them out, and that will be focused on the rears for the genesis. Unless you're taking hard corners all the time, you don't have to worry about wearing out the outer edge of a tire.

Rotating is a good way to extend the life of a tire, but I've found that you can usually get two sets of rears per one set of fronts if you don't rotate. Assuming you are sticking with the same brand of tire, it can work out to be less time consuming and expensive not to rotate, but its different for each car.

Since I will not be going with Dunlop for my next set, I will extend the life of the tires I currently have by rotating them, but once I find a set I like, I probably won't rotate my tires, just see if I can get onto a two rears per one front set pattern.