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Restoring - General discussions that span across many different groups of years and models => Processes, Products & Techniques => Topic started by: relex on November 12, 2023, 10:33:10 AM
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how often do you guys rotate the tires on your classic Mustangs? I only put about maybe 1,000 miles a year on the car and change the oil once a year but I haven't rotated the tires since I got them back in 2006. Thoughts? Opinions?
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I don't rotate them any more often than I do with my daily drivers. Every 10,000 miles.
I will suggest that if you are still using tires from 2006 on your Mustang, you have a potential problem far worse than tire rotation...
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I really don't drive enough to worry about rotating them. I've never seen any unusual wear. I just replace them every 10 years or so.
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Maybe not what you are looking for, but I have 3 sets of wheels for my car, depending on what I am doing with it. Only my "show" set, the original 15" with Polyglas tires get rotated as my other 2 sets have directional rotation and are sized differently front to rear. I take the show tires off for non-show driving and when I put them back on, I grab them randomly, so I am sure there is a pretty uncommon rotation pattern. :-P
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I know that replacing expensive tires poses a dilemma. I had 20 year old tires on my trailer that had 9000 miles on them and looked fine. I noted the trailer had developed more sway one year and could not imagine why. One of the tires blew out. Trailer sway was gone when I replaced them. I concluded that they were failing internally. Driving at reduced speed on older tires is a must. Wet traction is diminished also.
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I rotate tires every 5000 miles on all my cars including show cars. Daily drivers get cleaned front and back. Show cars get cleaned every year. I have not had any issues with maintained old tires on my cars. I think the tire industry has purposely instilled fear in the consumer for using anything over 6 years old. I had several shops refuse to mount a tire over 6 years old stating it was a Federal Law preventing it. Wrong, not the case.
I have had some very old roller tires pop sitting in the driveway and yes, they looked bad. I also had 2 car trailer tires blow out at once with a car on it. Many trailer tires are cheap quality and sit out in the sun everyday. My guess they were 15 years old or less. After the blow outs, I found the nearest tire shop and replaced all 4. I considered it the cost of borrowing the trailer. Another friend blew out tires on his fairly new trailer as well. I put covers over the trailer tires now.
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I take my cars to a specialty shop. They check the balance and trueness of all 4 wheels before mounting the tires and put the best two upfront. So... I never drive enough to need to ever rotate, and I always have the best two up front.