So maybe a couple of dumb questions😬, but just to make sure I understand -- I can't rotate tires front to back, rather just swap the left and right tires as a limited form of tire rotation, correct? What's the downside of doing that? Also, how does the heaviness of the vehicle factor in when replacing the tires? Thanks!
Yes, this is a staggered setup. Nto a fan of staggered setups for this reason, typically more costly for tires over the life of the car due to no rotations. It is also mentioedn to to rotate them on axle, not sure why as that might help squeeze a tad more out of these tires.
The fronts are 235/45-20 and rears 255/40-20 for the 20's and the 19's are front 235/50-19 and rears 255/45-19.
And if you like to stay with same brand/model tirechoicess get limited in finding brand/models that offer both sizes in the 20s. Tirerack only has Michelin Pilot Sport Summer tires and then Pirellli P Zero Summer tires. I believe mine came with Pirelli Scorpion, just might need to be special ordered. Discount Tire shows a few other Pirellii options, all run north of $250 a tire.
And becasue of the weight of the car you need to get correct load rated tires.
Or better yet do not rotate them.
My plan is to never rotate these tires just replace as needed. And when replacing them be aware this is a heavy vehicle.
Yeah axle rotation may not buy much and is shunned in the manual,not sure why. Almost thinking I should have leased this thing.