Winter tire swap...oops? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Rossman · 11-27-2012, 12:22 PM

Hi folks,

I put my new Blizzak winter tires on my FR-S on the weekend, unfortunately I was so excited to get them on that I completely forgot to mark on the tires that I took off, which position they came from.

How bad of a mistake is this and what should I do come spring when I should put the tires back on?

Any advice appreciated!

Cheers,
mark

7thgear · 11-27-2012, 12:28 PM

the fabric of our universe will unravel and life as we know it will end

thanks man, thanks a lot.

seriously thought it helps to rotate the tires when you put them back on but it's nothing serious if you don't remember which one went where

jshadeck · 11-27-2012, 12:36 PM

All you need to worry about is if u have directional tread, in which case the sidewall will have an arrow on it. No worries!

dsgerbc · 11-27-2012, 12:36 PM

Just measure the thread and put two most worn (if there any wear at all) in front.

SkullWorks · 11-27-2012, 12:36 PM

if the tires are directional then they are already sorted left vs right...otherwise who cares,

on another note if you can't tell by the tread depth which ones were fronts and which were rears...you haven't been "enjoying the car" *wink* *wink*

Rossman · 11-27-2012, 12:42 PM

Ah cool. Well the ones I took off were the stock tires, I assume they were directional?

Thanks very much for the prompt replies!

dsgerbc · 11-27-2012, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rossman

Ah cool. Well the ones I took off were the stock tires, I assume they were directional?

Nope.

Rayme · 11-27-2012, 01:02 PM

Did you drive in snow yet?

It's almost december here and NO SNOW!!!! Atlantic Canada and nothing, bleh!

11-27-2012, 12:22 PM	#1
Rossman Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: '22 BRZ, '17 BRZ (prev '13 FR-S) Location: Backwoods Ontario Posts: 366 Thanks: 44 Thanked 123 Times in 68 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Winter tire swap...oops? Hi folks, I put my new Blizzak winter tires on my FR-S on the weekend, unfortunately I was so excited to get them on that I completely forgot to mark on the tires that I took off, which position they came from. How bad of a mistake is this and what should I do come spring when I should put the tires back on? Any advice appreciated! Cheers, mark

11-27-2012, 12:28 PM	#2
7thgear i'm sorry, what? Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Canada Location: I rock a beat harder than you can beat it with rocks Posts: 4,399 Thanks: 357 Thanked 2,506 Times in 1,268 Posts Mentioned: 40 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	the fabric of our universe will unravel and life as we know it will end thanks man, thanks a lot. seriously thought it helps to rotate the tires when you put them back on but it's nothing serious if you don't remember which one went where __________________ don't you think if I was wrong, I'd know it?

11-27-2012, 12:36 PM	#3
jshadeck Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Whiteout 6MT Location: carlisle, pa Posts: 773 Thanks: 3 Thanked 221 Times in 163 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	All you need to worry about is if u have directional tread, in which case the sidewall will have an arrow on it. No worries! __________________

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