Hey Guys,

New here and I apologize if I have missed this in a previous thread but my search turned up no results on the topic. I am replacing two tires on my wife's 2wd '13 350 (Firestone Destination). She ran over a curb and blew out the front left . I have read differing opinions on if the two new tires should be placed on the front or rear. The current tires have about 30k miles on them so I'm trying to avoid having to buy all four new.

Thanks so much!

 

The tire shop will almost always put the new tires on the rear as that is the recommendation of the Tire Association or NHTSA or some other authority. The reasoning is that less tread on the rear tires increases the chance of spinning out in wet weather. So they want the best tread tires on the rear.

However, we all know that on front-wheel drive your front tires wear out much faster than the rear tires. So depending on how much tread is left on your other tires, or the attitude of the tire shop, they may ignore your request to put them on the front.

If she hit the curb that hard you should get your alignment checked.

 

Have them installed on the front & use the other one as a spare......Check the date code on your spare tire....

 

I hope you find a shop that is reasonable and doesn't try to force you into 4 new tires. I think you will have difficulty.
Check for wheel damage, as well.

 

I agree with installing the new tires on the rear axle positions. Last November my wife stupidly hit a curb drain grate while turning her 2015 RX350 into a shopping center and destroyed both the tire and wheel (front left position). I installed the new tire/wheel on the right rear position and moved that tire/wheel up to the front left position. The tires were cross-rotated in February 2020 and are due for another cross-rotation now. No issues since the new tire/wheel were installed.