Mike Melton from Speedy Tire explains why new tires should usually go on the rear axle: putting them on the front can cause you to lose traction when braking and spin out. The exception is if your rear tires are only halfway worn, then front placement is safe.
If you can only afford 2 new tires, let's talk about it. So when you put only 2 tires, if you can only afford 2 tires and you got 4 wore out tires, make sure those new tires go on the rear of that vehicle. And there's a reason why, all right? So say you put them on the rear of that vehicle and you have to hit the brakes, your car is just going to push, okay? Because there's no, no traction on the front of those tires. But if you put those new tires on the front and you got your rear ones are wore out, you got a real high chance of that car spinning out of control. That's the big difference. And I'm Mike with Speedy Tire in Lincolnton, North Carolina. So when you put new tires on your vehicle, make sure the two new tires go on the rear. But there's a stipulation. Listen to me. If you have four tires and two of them are, say, say they're halfway wore out or or a little more than halfway wore out, you're fine with leaving those tires on the rear, putting your new ones on the front. Why? Because you still have some traction in the rear from keeping that car from spinning around. Don't let nobody else BS you.
