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Old Nov 19, 2006, 03:22 PM
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Which wear out first, front tires or rear tires?
Coming from a RWD car, my rear tires wear out almost twice as fast as my fronts. But now that i have an EVO, I dont have many miles on my car, I wondering, if you didnt rotate your tires, which wear out first? front or rears?


If youre roadracing, which wear out first?
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Old Nov 19, 2006, 03:23 PM
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The rears by a little bit.
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Old Nov 19, 2006, 03:27 PM
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The rears by a little bit.
??? I would think front as the car is nose heavy....
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Old Nov 19, 2006, 03:30 PM
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tires
from my experience with my evo8 the back tires
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Old Nov 19, 2006, 03:31 PM
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Mostly front because of turning. Although the main factor is the alignment. The wheels that are further out of alignment, will wear the fastest.
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I change all four at a time, which im pretty sure is recomended with all wheel drive. But I notice my fronts wear down faster than the rears. Thats why rotation is key.
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Old Nov 19, 2006, 03:32 PM
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yah my fronts wore down way faster than my rears but that might have to do with me not knowing how to drive and understeering on my first few autox's and having a bad alignment. just rotate them and get a good alignment
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Both my fronts needed replacement long before the rears.
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I rotate my tires with every oil change to keep the wear even, and I recommend that other EVO owners do the same.

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Old Nov 19, 2006, 05:03 PM
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Like everyone else said... It seems that the front wears out quicker then the back...
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Old Nov 19, 2006, 05:28 PM
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fronts for sure.
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Old Nov 19, 2006, 05:39 PM
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went through 4 front tires before doing 2 on the rears.
stock alignment already eats up the tires. With aggressive driving it'll eat em up faster.
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definitely the fronts
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fronts...why would your rears fade quiker in an AWD (where most power is in the front...not to mention weight)
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Is it ok just to replace the fronts, or replace all four at the same time?
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