Parts and Service are teaming together and having a Winter Tire & Wheel Package Special!
10% off any Winter Tire and Wheel Packages ONLY. (Not to be used with any other offer) If Purchased by December 31st you get free installation and storage for up to 1 year! Such a great deal you don’t want to miss out on!
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Changing All Four Tires
Whether your vehicle is front or rear-wheel drive, winter tires are best applied to all wheel positions. While some drivers question the necessity of changing all four, there are good reasons why tire and vehicle makers recommend using a full set of winter tires.
For one thing, just mounting two means you lose some of the traction, stopping and cornering advantages a full set provides. No matter what kind of vehicle you drive, never mount two winter tires on the front axle without also mounting them on the rear axle. Only installing winter tires on the front wheels increases the risk of losing rear tire traction while braking or cornering on wintery roads. This is because the back wheels will have less grip than the front wheels, a scenario that can throw you into a rear-wheel skid.
But what about just mounting winter tires on the back wheels, especially if your vehicle is rear-wheel drive, shouldn’t that be enough?
Remember that in a rear-wheel drive vehicle, the front wheels steer and the rear wheels provide the power. So if your rear tires can grip the road but the front tires can’t, any effort to steer the vehicle in the direction you want to go on wintery roads will be more difficult.
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