Do Front of Rear Tyres wear fastest ?

[MB2]

I know I asked this before, but can't remember/search the answer ! Do the front tyres tend to wear quicker than the rears due to engine weight or do the rears wear faster due to 40/60 drive split ? Want to know which way should be rotating the tyres so they have best chance of wearing evenly.

[approved]

i've had mine 10 months and it had new tyres on the front when i bought it.

5mm on the rears, and now the measurements are 5mm front and 3mm rears.

so the wear on mine has beeen consistent across the 4.

i think i'll change them all at the same time this time...

[crispy]

I've found that the fronts wear slightly faster, but not a great deal in it.

I'd say the wear ratio is about 55/45

I do have quite a good daily commute over the moors, so engine, brakes, steering etc get a good work out most days

[lengster1]

Fronts by quite a bit in my experience 60/40 at a guess,inner and outer edges take a beating too on the front

[sonny]

Front left for some reason

[scottie1979]

Im sure i read in the manual that you should swap em round after a while to insure even wear? Nice big tyre bill at the time of replacement though.

[PetrolDave]

Fronts by quite a bit in my experience 60/40 at a guess,inner and outer edges take a beating too on the front

+1

[adsgreen]

I've just replaced my fronts. Rears still have lots left so agree 60/40 split

[bboy]

So if the consensus is that the fronts wear slightly quicker than the rears, at what stage would you recommend swapping them over?

Just checked mine and I have 5mm rear and just under 4mm at the front. Given this it would seem that I should be swapping them around soon.

I know that 1.6 is the legal limit but do other forum members swap them over with more tread left? I have P Zeros and I am looking forward to getting them off the car. They seem to really suffer from tramlining.

Have a good Christmas all

[Terry1948]

I always change mine at 3mm

[S4Player]

I've got pzero's on mine and I havnt had any issues and I drive hard on them I'm going for michelins next time out I think tho

[PetrolDave]

I always change mine at 3mm

+1

When they're down to that you can feel the grip is less, especially when it's wet or slushy as the sipes don't have the same capacity to take the water/slush away.

[amanda1]

Fronts by quite a bit in my experience 60/40 at a guess,inner and outer edges take a beating too on the front

+1

+2 I find swopping 1/2 way helps

[Steve_C]

I've got pzero's on mine and I havnt had any issues and I drive hard on them I'm going for michelins next time out I think tho

+1 but not decided what I'm going for next as it will be a while.