Tire rotation question
 

Hey all,

I have a 2014 Nismo, my question is, is it possible to rotate the tires? I know I can't go from front to back because of different tire sizes, but what about side to side? I have the maintenance alert on my dash telling me "tire maintenance". Thanks!

I am fairly sure the rears are Directional, so you would have to have them Dis-mounted and re-mounted to change sides. I would have a shop double check the wear and see if its is needed.

As far as the alert, have you checked the pressures?

I was under the impression that the OEM tires on the Nismo are non-directional, and the Sport OEM tires are directional.

You have a outside/inside to the tire. No rotating can be done. They are where they are for the duration. Which is 12K to 25K miles, depending on your driving style and habits.

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The light might be the low pressure warning.

with different size front and rear there is no need to rotate, even if they are not directional going side to side is not necessary. how many miles on the tires? is it possible it's giving you a warning because the miles is close to what the tire life is?

The tire maintenance could be the mile counter that has been set in the maintenance part of the computer that you can set yourself manually to remind you when to change oil, change tires, etc. I think there is like 4 or 5 mileage counters you can set yourself. Check that first if it has reached one of the preset values

u can but i dont bother with it. even when swapping wheels i mark the wheel to remind me which side the wheel came from.

With different sizes front to rear, the only "rotation" that would be beneficial in any way would be to flip the tires on the rims to even out camber wear. Unfortunately, the factory Nismo tires are asymmetrical so this can't be done.

But why would you consider this in the first place is my q.

Tire wore maximizing contact patch, yet u undo this by rotating it? Y?
For extending tire wear? :ugh: get a dd

You can rotate an asymmetrical tire side to side; just not a directional- I do it all the time on my ~Z~ and straighten's out the (heel toe) wear pattern.


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If you've ever owned a 4x4 with mud tires- same principle: the front part of the tread block will be higher than the rear/ rotate the tire so it turns the other direction will allow tread to lie back down..... Now if you're talking inner to outer tread wear.... Ck camber & toe...Stationary burnouts will remove mostly inner tread because of the negative camber


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This kind of behavior will cause severe inner tread wear on rear; unless you have aftermarket rear camber adjusters & set at "0"Attachment 106393


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