Marangoni Mythos + Continental ExtremeContact DW Summer tires
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And to further confuse me, notwithstanding years of being told tire rotation is a good thing, in the manual on page 210, oddly enough, BMW does NOT recommend tire rotation...
"Rotating wheels between axles
BMW does not recommend moving the front wheels to the rear or vice versa, as otherwise the handling characteristics may be impaired."
What do you guys here do?
"Rotating wheels between axles
BMW does not recommend moving the front wheels to the rear or vice versa, as otherwise the handling characteristics may be impaired."
What do you guys here do?
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And to further confuse me, notwithstanding years of being told tire rotation is a good thing, in the manual on page 210, oddly enough, BMW does NOT recommend tire rotation...
"Rotating wheels between axles
BMW does not recommend moving the front wheels to the rear or vice versa, as otherwise the handling characteristics may be impaired."
What do you guys here do?
"Rotating wheels between axles
BMW does not recommend moving the front wheels to the rear or vice versa, as otherwise the handling characteristics may be impaired."
What do you guys here do?
When we rotate we always carefully compare the tread depths though. It makes sure we are rotating often enough but also lets me see what corner on the car is wearing tires faster. Being that I carry a full size spare on the left rear corner and often other gear on that side of the car, the left rear tire seems to wear faster.
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My Ride: 2010 535i wagon
And to further confuse me, notwithstanding years of being told tire rotation is a good thing, in the manual on page 210, oddly enough, BMW does NOT recommend tire rotation...
"Rotating wheels between axles
BMW does not recommend moving the front wheels to the rear or vice versa, as otherwise the handling characteristics may be impaired."
What do you guys here do?
"Rotating wheels between axles
BMW does not recommend moving the front wheels to the rear or vice versa, as otherwise the handling characteristics may be impaired."
What do you guys here do?
"The reason BMW typically advises against tire rotation is that often times rear alignment has some negative camber which causes uneven wear on back tires. If you put those tires on the front, you may experience less than perfect handling (may not be of any concern to some), plus they may become noisy. But if your rears are worn evenly, then I think I'd attempt rotating them and see what happens. If you don't like it, you can always rotate them right back."
I rotate the tires on my BMW and have not experienced a problem. The key is to rotate tires often enough to minimize any potential problems from uneven tire wear. I also suspect that uneven tire wear on the rear tires may be less of an issue with a BMW that has xDrive.
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As someone stated in another forum:
"The reason BMW typically advises against tire rotation is that often times rear alignment has some negative camber which causes uneven wear on back tires. If you put those tires on the front, you may experience less than perfect handling (may not be of any concern to some), plus they may become noisy. But if your rears are worn evenly, then I think I'd attempt rotating them and see what happens. If you don't like it, you can always rotate them right back."
I rotate the tires on my BMW and have not experienced a problem. The key is to rotate tires often enough to minimize any potential problems from uneven tire wear. I also suspect that uneven tire wear on the rear tires may be less of an issue with a BMW that has xDrive.
"The reason BMW typically advises against tire rotation is that often times rear alignment has some negative camber which causes uneven wear on back tires. If you put those tires on the front, you may experience less than perfect handling (may not be of any concern to some), plus they may become noisy. But if your rears are worn evenly, then I think I'd attempt rotating them and see what happens. If you don't like it, you can always rotate them right back."
I rotate the tires on my BMW and have not experienced a problem. The key is to rotate tires often enough to minimize any potential problems from uneven tire wear. I also suspect that uneven tire wear on the rear tires may be less of an issue with a BMW that has xDrive.
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Mine do that some (inside edge wear in rear) so a while back I had them pulled off and switched to the other side. It may seem like a waste of $ but not if I get another whole year/summer out of them due to more even wear.
About the Continental DWS, I liked the tread and concept behind the compound but I found the sidewall too flexible for my purposes. The Bridgestone 970 all season looks awesome though, and is now my spare after we found a weird wearing on the now discontinued 960.
About the Continental DWS, I liked the tread and concept behind the compound but I found the sidewall too flexible for my purposes. The Bridgestone 970 all season looks awesome though, and is now my spare after we found a weird wearing on the now discontinued 960.
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I would be interested in a new and separate summer-tire recommendations thread, although I'm not in the market until next year...
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