I'm just wondering... do you think the fronts or the rears experience more wear and tear from gravel/pebbles/debris etc while driving?

What do you guys think?

 

All the same.

Now parking is usually a different story

 

it's the same.

curbing needs to come into play though.
that's where most wheels get messed up.

not sure if fronts or backs get curbed more though.
my wife curbed her rear rim. I've yet to curb a rim, thank god.

 

I find that, cosmetically, they all seem to wear evenly. I rotate my wheels/tires quite often however, so they all tend to experience equal wear.

Terry

 

We have FWD so I assume front wheel will wear first due to the pressure during acceleration.

 

Hmmm I think for curbage, its usually the rears since parallel parking can be a b*tch sometimes.

I voted rears for this simply for the fact that the fronts can kick up road debris and cause it to "bounce" around under the car -- some of this debris might make its way to the rear wheels. I guess its a stretch but thats my logic.

 

Not quite sure I follow...

 

If you're parallel parking alot, probably the rear wheels...but totally arbitrary on parking styles.

 

How does that affect the wheels?

 

let say sometimes we accelerate little hard the wheels start to spin or slip in a rainy or snow days which I assume would cause the front tires to wear faster than the rear.

 

Ahh. Ok. Got you there. I think the OP was asking about the wheels though.

 

Oooh wait! we are talking about the wheels itself....I am sorry I misunderstood

 

I fail to comprehend why this matters?

 

The front brakes throw more dust, the car weighs more in the front and the spring rate in the front is usually higher, thus there's more pressure on the front wheels.... if you hit a pothole with both the front and rear tires on the same side at the same speed, chances are if there's a bent wheel it'll be the front.

If you rotate your tires it will be even.

 

^^ Just curious...

 

In terms of wheels, the fronts get trashed first usually. In terms of tires, it all depends. The fronts are generally more likely to bubble, but regular wear depends on if your car is RWD, FWD or AWD.

 

I voted front. But I meant front "tires".

 

Talking about wheels/rims here guys, not tires.

 

I'd say front. Front engined cars are always heavy in the front, and since front wheels carry most of the weight... all that weight slamming into a pothole....

 

^ - So for front engine cars with 50/50 weight...?

 

The tires matter. Hypothetically, if you get a 245/50/17 tire mounted on a 8" wheel where the sidewall sticks out like a mofo and there's plenty of it height wise, your wheels will probably fare very well unless you're a terrible driver. Change it to 205/40/17 and the chances of getting curbed or bent wheels increases a lot.

for 50/50 the rear will squat backwards during acceleration and dive forwards under braking so its about even, no matter if its FWD/RWD/AWD but the front will still take the majority of abuse in terms of hitting bumps and stuff

 

whatever. my front tires get messed up first.

 

 

My right sides get more dings cuz gravel collects near the curb and trucks are usually to my right on the highway.

 

Rather than fronts or rears I think passenger side wheels tend to get more abused due to parallel parking, road gravel etc.

 

Ok I agree with both of your statements but onebadna1nsx, I'm referring mainly to road debris "nicking" the face/spokes of your rims, as opposed to bent/cracked wheels due to monstrous potholes. Granted, a pothole creates a TON of road debris.

I Go To Costco, I'm assuming the fronts and rears have the same series tires so its not a variable
Makes sense to me.

 

I had to go with front's, every wheel I have ever had to replace has been on the front, but it was all because of potholes sooo

 

Passenger rear from parallel parking against a curb ...

 

+1

 

In that specific case, they're likely about equal. After all, both fronts and rears spend the lion's share of their time pointing straight. Any small steering deflection in the fronts would still see their face mostly protected by the tire. Any large steering inputs would only see the outside front exposed to debris, and that would have to be debris already bouncing down the road....as there's really nothing to kick up pebbles and such in the front of the car.

After 20+ years of owning cars, I've never seen any significant wear difference between front and rear wheels. The one area where they are not equal (mentioned above) is in brake dust; the fronts will definitely get dirtier in that respect.

Best,
-Mirror