If purchasing 2 new tires it is
recommended that you install them on the back of the car. If you install a high
traction tire on the front drive axle, you are leaving the lighter end of the
vehicle (the rear) with no traction improvement. Most tire manufacturers
recommend that front wheel drive vehicles have all four tires of equal
traction. There have been situations where vehicles have spun out of control
because, either the driver became overconfident with the traction of the front
tires or the rear tires were worn. This surprise spin-out effect has caused
accidents in the past. Having all four tires of equal traction helps ensure
that this situation does not happen.
Based on
recommendations of 7 tire companies
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Question: I am
buying two new tires. Where do they go, front or rear?
Answer:
Always on the rear. In a cornering maneuver on wet pavement, if your front
tires lose grip first, your vehicle will tend to lose control by going straight,
even in a turn. This is understeer, which can be controlled by slowing down and
steering in the direction of the turn.. this will allow your car to come back
into line.
But if the
rear tires lose grip first, your vehicle, could spin, which is oversteer and
more difficult to control, this requires you to make quick, precise steering
corrections in the opposite direction of the turn, not a natural reaction. It
is easier to control understeer than oversteer.
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