Anyone with a full size spare doing a 5 tire rotation with brand new tires? I would think that one tire will always be just a tiny bit bigger or is the difference in size insignificant?

Any suggestions would be great as I do want my new SSR's to last me as long as possible... I figured I would rotate before every trip (hopefully at least once a month if not more). Is that too much for a vehicle that will NOT be a daily driver? Should I even bother?

 

i'm wonderin the same thing. i just bought 5 new tires and was plannin on doing this...

 

Here's TireRack's recommendation:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=43

 

good question and i read tire racks article but how many miles per rotation?

 

Thanks 4Crawler, I was looking at that earlier, just wasn't sure if the difference in tire size off the full size spare was giong to be significant enough to worry about due to the fact off-road tires (like SSR's) do wear a bit quicker than normal street tires.

I guess rotating them once a month on a non-DD should do the trick then?

It says every 3-5000 miles, at about the same time you do your oil changes. This is what I think won't apply with swampers because from what I've read, they wear a lot quicker.

 

As long as it is done frequently enough to keep the diameter about the same, should be fine. You could always do a tread depth check and see when you start to see some measurable wear and go from there.