Yet another Tire Post!

[svard75]

Hi Everyone,

I have a noise that is coming from the tires that sounds like a thumping noise. I've had the car checked over mechanically by 2 different Infiniti dealers and they are pointing to the tires as the culprit. The tires are COOPER ZEON SPORT A/S OEM size. One rear tire is worn more than the other and the two fronts are worn equally. I will assume that someone cheaped out and replaced just the one in the rear instead of both for the purpose of this thread. I wanted to try to rotate the tires but what impact would I encounter if I rotate the two rears to the front given one is slightly smaller in diameter than the other?

CHEERS!

[Poyzinous]

well it would be better to have it in the front, since the front diff is only active during 15% of overall driving and your gearsets wont get overused, but unless the difference is more than 4/32 of an inch, not much to worry about. The VDC may be a little jumpy on tight turns, but thats all.

[New2Import]

Easy to determine yourself. Jack it up and spin the tire. If it has flat spots you will see it.