Staggered Tires - Rotation?

[Beasts]

For a vehicle with staggered tires does it make any sense to do a side to side rotation? Would it make a significant difference to have the tires rotating in the opposite direction (most of the time)?

 

[Joey D]

Tesla does recommend rotating Model S (staggered) every 6500 miles. How much difference it will make for even wear...not sure.

 

[ScottE]

I scheduled Tesla to come rotate the tires on my Model S (staggered, plaid) and the technician called me the day before trying to talk me out of it. I asked that they at least come take a look...a different tech came out to the house, said the tires are wearing evenly (they were 5 and 6 front/back I think) and said no need to rotate the tires on a staggered car.

Seems weird, since it directly contradicts the manual, but that was my experience.

 

[patrick40363]

Americas Tire said don't rotate too.

 

[Doanster1]

Side to side rotation does nothing for you. The tread is still in the same position, ie inner tire wear will still be there, just on the other side of the car. The only way to extend the life of the tires is by unmounting them and flipping, assuming you have non-directional/asymmetrical tread pattern.

 

[Rally]

Since the rear tires are wider than the front, I've read you can't put them on the front without risking rubbing when turning at full stop.
going from left to right only reverses the tread pattern which potentially cause less traction on wet roadways.
Performance tires generally only have one way the tire should rotate for optimal traction.

 

[dsm363]

For a long range, was staggered tires really necessary? Seems like they are wasting customers money by not going with a square setup.

 

[SoCal Buzz]

For a long range, was staggered tires really necessary? Seems like they are wasting customers money by not going with a square setup.

Need to fill up those wider rear fenders. Staggered looks great on the LR.

 

[Beasts]

For a long range, was staggered tires really necessary? Seems like they are wasting customers money by not going with a square setup.

Probably not a big deal but since the car applies more power to the rear tires wider tires would help with traction and wear. Yes, no?

 

[RandyS]

Aside from the rotation recommendations here, I would also recommend going to a third party alignment shop that can tell you specifiaclly what your rear suspension measurements are. I've had a Model S in the past and had to install adjustable camber arms to help mitigate the extreme negative camber that it had. Just got a used 2021 Model X from Tesla and one side of the rear measured -2.89 degrees (negative) camber!!!!!!!! Holy cow! The other was just below that...I ordered Unplugged Performance adjustable camber arms immediately and will get them installed ASAP to help the rear tires avoid the inner wear that is so common on these cars....