How often do you rotate your tires?

"Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras" (jegoingout)
10/10/2019 at 17:37 • Filed to: None

I’m pretty OCD about it to be honest and rotate the TLX’s or any car of mine every other oil change. The only reason I ask is because the Insight creates an interesting dilemma as that thing went 10,000 miles before the oil change % dropped to where Honda recommends getting an oil change.

Do you rotate your tires based on mileage or just oil changes/other factors?

DISCUSSION (42)

not for canada - australian in disguise > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 17:43

Every time I move the car, the tires rotate.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 17:46

When I had a WRX/STI I would rotate them religiously anytime after 7500 miles, as I’d also religiously change oil at 3750. Extreme environment state, don’t like uneven radii in my rotating mass sets.

Most of my cars are now run with staggereds which basically mean left-right rotations around once every 20k miles, unless they’re directional, and then I just buy tires instead.

Unless you have AWD I don’t know if there’s merit in obsessively doing it, unless you have the time and energy to rotate them yourself and you don’t mind it.

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 17:47

around 12k miles or every other oil change

MM54 > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 17:48

Depends how fast I’m driving, but even at a crawl they still rotate the same number of times by the point that I’m out of the driveway.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 17:50

eh...... when the knobbys are completely gone and different colour rubber shows on me rear tire ill swap the front to the rear and put a new one on the front

but you know....bicycle.... i dont have to worrie about fines for thread depth

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 17:50

Every oil change. So every 6000-7000 miles on my Mazda and every 4000 on the subaru. The subaru needs more rotating since it tends to wear a bit more unevenly. I have yet to rotate the tires on my Datsun, I think I’m getting new tires anyway so it doesn’t matter.

vicali > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 17:54

We switch off winters/ summers, I mark fronts and backs and put them on the opposite the next time.. I’m happy as long as they are all getting even wear..

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 17:56

I just rotated my tires today on the Subaru. I generally try to do every other oil change which works out to every 8-10k miles depending on when I get around to doing the change. This gets thrown off if I stretch out my oil change interval for a longer trip. I did a 4000 mile trip over three weeks earlier this year so that threw me off since it ended up being a ~6000 mile oil change and I had rotated the tires before leaving. On this car I get camber wear on the front tires so rotation is pretty key to maximize tire life. I am thinking about getting more camber on the fronts with my next alignment whenever I wear out these tires.

SmugAardvark > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 18:07

On the Corvette...I don’t. U nidirectional tires with staggered size/offsets front and back.

On the Cube, well...way less often than I should. I usually wind up replacing two tires at a time.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 18:17

Every spring and fall, when the winters go on and come off. I should do it more frequently though.

Alfalfa > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 18:20

I don't rotate tires, just my vehicle lineup.

shop-teacher > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 18:20

I would just do it every oil change in your case.

shop-teacher > vicali
10/10/2019 at 18:21

Yep, same here.

280b > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 18:24

I work at a Costco tire. 5-6k is usually the recommendation. Though you can get away with waiting longer (depending on tire and driving style) . I’ve seen countless tires develop irregular wear that could have been prevented with a more frequent interval. M ost are probably due to lack of alignment.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 18:36

Never

Future next gen S2000 owner > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 18:41

Every other oil change. The taco is a 5K interval. Probably should be more considering how much I tow but screw it. So, every 10K.

Nibby > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 18:53

5,000 ... whenever i do an oil change pretty much

dogisbadob > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 18:55

whenever I feel like it

Poor_Sh > SmugAardvark
10/10/2019 at 18:58

Samesies on the Cayman.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 19:11

With the dailies, about twice during the life of the tire, just to try and even up the wear so I replace 4 at a time not 2, and to ensure that when they’re getti ng low on tread , the tire with the most tread is on the front . I only rotate F/R not side to side, whether directional or not .

With t he 86, every time I have the car off the ground for another reason they get F/R rotated. So probably every 2-3k miles, depending on how often I get pissed off with the track pads squealing and decide to swap back to road pads till the next track day.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 19:13

With the dailies, about twice during the life of the tire, just to try and even up the wear so I replace 4 at a time not 2, and to ensure that when they’re getting low on tread, the tire with the most tread is on the front. I only rotate F/R not side to side, whether directional or not.

With the 86, every time I have the car off the ground for another reason they get F/R rotated. So probably every 2-3k miles, depending on how often I get pissed off with the track pads squealing and decide to swap back to road pads till the next track day.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 19:13

With the dailies, about twice during the life of the tire, just to try and even up the wear so I replace 4 at a time not 2, and to ensure that when they’re getting low on tread, the tire with the most tread is on the front. I only rotate F/R not side to side, whether directional or not.

With the 86, every time I have the car off the ground for another reason they get F/R rotated. So probably every 2-3k miles, depending on how often I get pissed off with the track pads squealing and decide to swap back to road pads till the next track day.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 19:27

Every eight feet or so.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 19:53

I do it 1-2 times per year.

I try to do it every 10,000km or so, but sometimes I’m lazy.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 20:08

I rotate them on the cars I maintain every oil change (5k ish interval). I've got the car up in the air for inspection and draining oil anyway, it takes basically no extra time or effort to rotate the tires while it is off the ground and it allows a better inspection

Dogsatemypants > not for canada - australian in disguise
10/10/2019 at 20:30

Don’t forget to take the spare out and roll it down a hill every 3 months to keep it evenly rotated as well.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 20:37

Summers get rotated after every autocross to avoid just killing the fronts. Winters will go on at the start of winter and then go back on rotated at the start of the next year.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 21:21

I used to do every other oil change. Since getting a volt though. crap I’m at 18k

fhrblig > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 22:04

I rotate tires on my work van every time there’s an oil change, so every 5k. Which is every 3-4 weeks.

I do the same on my personal vehicles, though I drive my truck far less. I’ve only put about 4k on it in the 6 months I’ve had it.

gmanmtb > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 22:05

Every autox, I remove my tires, put them in a pile to remember which order they came off, forget which order I put them in, then reinstall at random. So once a month. Tire wear looking even so far

mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/ > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 22:10

Every 5000 miles.

Nick Has an Exocet > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/10/2019 at 23:39

Not as often as I should, but it’s easier with the Exocet since I’m always taking them on/off and the tires are directional so they just got back to front.

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/11/2019 at 00:25

Not as often as I should but on the BMW probably every 20k, front to back . Manufacturer recommends against rotating but that’s dumb.

In the Jeep, probably ends up being every 15k. Current tires are at their EOL at ~60k so definitely happy with the way they wore, overall.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/11/2019 at 03:22

rarel y, if ever

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
10/11/2019 at 07:03

Look at Mr. Fancy Pants, doing his oil changes on a lift.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
10/11/2019 at 08:06

I wish! They're done on 4 jack stands and a jack "lifting" the car. Probably a poor word choice on my part. I don't have ready access to a lift these days, but it would be nice ...

GoodIdeaAtTheTime > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
10/11/2019 at 09:22

Every other oil change on the Xterra. The Fiero doesn’t get rotated, staggered wheels and tires. Fiero goes through tires twice as fast, also has a more aggressive alignment setup that doesn’t help.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
10/11/2019 at 10:07

Just imagine how much quicker my projects would go with a lift and air tools!

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
10/11/2019 at 10:08

The air tools I’ve got, but I miss having access to a lift.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
10/11/2019 at 10:22

When I really want to crack on something I borrow my dad’s impact, otherwise I do everything by hand.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
10/11/2019 at 10:32

I still do most things by hand. Lug nuts and suspension work I’ll use an impact on, but otherwise I use air tools very sparingly aside from things like the center bolt on a crack pulley or engine mounts. I’ve never been an air ratchet guy. I never work fast on my own stuff. I very much take my time and inspect everything and enjoy the act of doing it. Working fast was my least favorite part of turning wrenches for a living.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
10/11/2019 at 11:26

I 2nd this!