car experts!! please advise!!  

I'm by no means an expert but I'll tell you what I think. As far as the tire blow out...it would depend on whether the car is a front wheel drive or a rear wheel drive. The steering control area would be the most dangerous. I think that the most important tires to be replaced would be the ones in the worst condition. I think you are always supposed to replace them all at once but if it were me, it would be the ones with the less tread. Take care.

Hi victorywp, I'm no car expert, but I
'm pertty sure if oue of the front tires blew out, you would have less chance of controlling the car, than if a rear one blew. For much the same logic, I'd put new tires on the front.

I think they are both dangerous at high speed.
The rear could fishtail out... and it would be very hard to control for an inexperienced driver.
At least with the front... you can control it by holding on to the stearing wheel.

It does not affect the braking and all four brakes are equal on the cars of today.

Yes it is better to have new tires on the back... particulary if your car is a rear wheel drive. A lot of the new small cars are front wheel drive.

With the tires of today... blown out should not occur. Particulary if you use steel radial. I have not had a flat tire in almost 30 years. And you should not drive a car with worn out tires. It is against the law and you putting everybody at risk... including yourself.

The front tire would be more dangerous because of the steering. And as you say, the more powerful brakes are on the front. With front-engined cars you also have the added problem of the extra weight. My car is a front-wheel drive car, meaning that there is more pressure on the front wheels from weight and acceleration, so I always keep the best tires on the front. The rear of my car if relatively light, so even when a rear tire has low pressure, I can barely feel a difference to the handling of the car. I know straight away though if I have low tire-pressure on the front wheel. - Derek

Suggest to change the front tyres if your car is front-wheel-drive. First, the front wheel is a power wheel,its friction with the ground is greater than the rear wheel,can be found out from the pace of wearing and tearing of front wheel is greater than the rear wheel; second, the engine compartment is in the front, the lasting load-bearing of the front tire is greater than the rear wheel; third,the front wheel is the guide-wheel, if tyre burst, the direction will lose the control, far endanger than the tyre burst of the rear wheel; fourth, the front tyre is close to the engine, its temperature should be higher than the rear wheel numerously, possibility of the tyre burst increase; fifth, front brake undertakes heavier efforts when braking,friction temperature is higher than the rear wheel, can be found out from the radius of front brake disc, the front brake disc is greater than the rear disc.
If you care about the security problem of the tire, can install the detection system of the atmospheric pressure of a tire(TPMS),can know tire pressure and tire temperature at any time, TPMS can report an emergency and remond you in real time if meeting slow leaking, fast gas-leaking,over-high tempeture.
It does not matter that the rear wheel uses the older tyre, and can be mounted the older tyres from the front wheel.

The experts say to change the back pairs as you need traction because the water from the front tyres will get into the grooves of the back tyres and if they are not new, then there is a greater likelihood of losing control of the car. I hope my explanation is correct. There is a video on You-tube. Please go there and verify the scientific facts there.

Personally, I would put the new ones on the front. Steering is more important to me. If a front tire blows it is too late to worry whether the back slides, you need to steer the car so you can reach the side of the road. Of course replacing all 4 tires is the best option, but if that's not possible then the front ones are more critical in my opinion.

the fron tire blow out is the most dangerous because those are the tires that controll your vehicle. If they go it is possible to roll your vehicle, where as if a back one goes then body damage is about as bad as it gets.

As far as new tires go: if you can only afford 2 then put them on the front and keep the best tires out of the set to put on the rear. The reason is that the older tires are more likely to blow out.

Back to the fron tires. In the U.S. it is illegal for 18 wheelers to have what is called re-treads on the front 2 wheels. The reason is that re-treaded tires are old tires that basically have had a new tread attached and they blow out easier. It is to protect the driving public. If they would make a law like that it is because people have died due to front tire blowouts on big rigs.

I hope that helps your understanding of tires. Have a great day.

Hello Victory. While I am no expert, I have read and heard quite a few times that it is more dangerous to have one of the front tires blow than a rear tire. It has something to do with the steering. I don't know about placement of new tires, but I do know that the tires should all be "rotated" on a regular basis so that they wear evenly through time.

Karen

I am not exactly an expert on these things but here is my opinion based on what I have heard from friends of mine. I copied your questions and pasted it here. Below your questions are my response.

1) if we install a new pair of tires on the front, we get the risk of sliding out when we turn or stop.- I do not think it will slide considering that the new tires have better hold on the road. In fact it is safer to install the new tires in front considering that the front tires controls the movement from left to right. Having an explosion on the front would be quite dangerous and you easily get out of control.

2) if we install a new pair of tires on the rear, we get the risk of having the front tire blown out. - well if your new tires are at the back, this does not mean that your front tires will blow up. Regardless if you have a new tire or old tire at the back, if your tires in the front are worn out, they are always in the risk of explosion.

so, if you are going to install ONLY a new pair of tires, where would you choose to be installed? on the front or on the rear? why? - I have already answered this on the first question, the best place for your new tires would be in the front. But of course it would be better to replace all tires, front and back so that you have better balance and movement. So if you have the budget, then might as well replace all the tires. When the new tires are in place, then you should have it balance. Usually there are tire suppliers that offer wheel balancing for free. And from time to time, you should rotate your tires. This will actually level that worn out. Remember that its usually the front tires that worn out first considering that more pressure is on the front tires since its the one that handles the maneuvering. Best to you and be safe always.