Tire Rotation

[xhealey]

What is the correct way to rotate the tires on my Mini? I have the run-flats....do I go front to rear on the same side or criss-cross rear to front bringing the fronts straight back?

[condor27596]

Front to rear.

[Hathaway]

You are supposed to criss cross one end, and swap the other end straight up, so that eventually each tire will spend time on each corner of the car, and all the tires will wear the same. I am lazy, and it really doesnt make much of a difference, so I just swap them directly front to back and dont worry about swapping sides.

"correct way"
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/TireSafety/ridesonit/images/rotate.jpg

[mbcoops]

Since the rf's aren't directional, cross them. That said, I purposely didn't rotate the runflats because I hated them and wanted to buy new tires. Now I rotate the GSD3's front to back and have gotten impressive life out of them. Mini says not to rotate, but they're just covering themselves in case someone puts bald tires on the rear, spins and tries to blame it on the equipment.

mb