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14th January 2014, 02:44 PM
#21
Originally Posted by
Mud Gecko
I rotate my spare in too. The way I see it is by the time I'm ready for a new set of treads I may not want the same tyres or like others have said the spare would be no good. Up here the sun kills everything much quicker than down south. I have KM2's and haven't had any issues turning the tyres to run the opposite way.
Agree. By rotating all 5 we get max use as the older they get, the harder they get up to a point where UV light destroys them. Bridgestone dealer said 6 yrs is normal max SAFE life of tyres. I've had an old tyre blow out on caravan because it had been sitting on side of van facing sun.
At the end of the day, all you have is yourself and all you need is your friends (and in our case our Patrol)
2006 GUI1 4.2TDi Coil Cab "almost" standard
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14th January 2014 02:44 PM
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14th January 2014, 03:05 PM
#22
Patrol God
a lot of old timers used to buy 4 tyres and throw them up on the roof of their shed for a month or so to "harden" up
Thinking being hard they will last longer
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
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14th January 2014, 08:04 PM
#23
Rotating your spare tyre through will prevent it from becoming damaged from the elements-as the tyre "blooms" and antiozonant is forced to the outer surface forming a protective layer
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15th January 2014, 11:25 PM
#24
Patrol God
I have two spares so rotate spares to rear and rear to front and front to spare and cross the spares when they go on.
2003 gu3 td42tdi sold 😞 bloody gvm towing crap. Bt50 3500kg gvm.
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20th January 2014, 10:25 PM
#25
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Originally Posted by
Mud Gecko
I rotate my spare in too. The way I see it is by the time I'm ready for a new set of treads I may not want the same tyres or like others have said the spare would be no good. Up here the sun kills everything much quicker than down south. I have KM2's and haven't had any issues turning the tyres to run the opposite way.
Same tyres x5, same drill ere
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20th January 2014, 11:24 PM
#26
Originally Posted by
threedogs
a lot of old timers used to buy 4 tyres and throw them up on the roof of their shed for a month or so to "harden" up
Thinking being hard they will last longer
Hehe. Theres a few members here that need to thrown up on the roof of a shed for a bit too....
As for me I don't rotate my tyres as they only cost me $400 for five with rims so when they wear out I'll just get another set and worry about it then.
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20th January 2014, 11:26 PM
#27
The 747
Originally Posted by
mudski
Hehe. Theres a few members here that need to thrown up on the roof of a shed for a bit too....
Baaahahhaahah! Good post Mark
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