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My wife's SL 550 is going to hit 5,000 miles soon. So I would like to know how often you rotate tires and do tune up? Does SL need tune up?
How often tire rotantion and tune up?
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I rotate the tires on all my vehicles every 5,000 miles. Never knew anyone with any kind of car that did a tune-up with 5,000 miles.
If the wheels are staggered, you can't rotate them front to back. If they're staggered and directional, they don't rotate at all. The only tires that will lend themselves to rotation are non-staggered, non- directional and on this car, even rotating them produces minimal results. The manual says "replace the tires after 6 years, no matter what the tread is."
There really isn't the necessity for a "tune-up" in the conventional sense for this car. Cleaning the air filter, changing the oil and filter, checking the hoses and belt(s), brake pads and rotors is about it. How often do you REALLY want to change 16 spark plugs?
If/when anything goes south on this car, the computers will tell you..... and then flash a big.... "$$$$$" in the window.
There really isn't the necessity for a "tune-up" in the conventional sense for this car. Cleaning the air filter, changing the oil and filter, checking the hoses and belt(s), brake pads and rotors is about it. How often do you REALLY want to change 16 spark plugs?
If/when anything goes south on this car, the computers will tell you..... and then flash a big.... "$$$$$" in the window.
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Thansk for the important info on tires. We have been driven Lexus cars for about 15 years in the past. We were never told of staggered or directional tires. All these lingo is new to me. I wonder how to figure it out on our tires. Again, our car is 2011 SL 550. Please advise me. Thank you.
In general, the term "staggered" means that the size of the rear tires/wheels are different from the front tires. In most cases, the rears are wider than the fronts.
The term "directional" means that there is an arrow on the side of the tire that indicates in which direction the tire should turn when mounted.
Other tires have an "outside" stamped on them. These tires aren't directional, per se, but are designed to be used on cars that have a significant amount of camber in the suspension setup... generally 2 degrees or more. On these tires, the tire rubber compound is a bit more "harder" on the inside to allow the tire to last longer at these camber extremes... otherwise, a new tire would wear slick on the inside at 10k miles.
The term "directional" means that there is an arrow on the side of the tire that indicates in which direction the tire should turn when mounted.
Other tires have an "outside" stamped on them. These tires aren't directional, per se, but are designed to be used on cars that have a significant amount of camber in the suspension setup... generally 2 degrees or more. On these tires, the tire rubber compound is a bit more "harder" on the inside to allow the tire to last longer at these camber extremes... otherwise, a new tire would wear slick on the inside at 10k miles.
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check the owners manual for the complete service schedule. or the dealer can give you a quote for what will need to be done. but basicly its A or B service every 10k miles or 1 year (air filters and cabin filters are done with service b, rotate with both), then brake flush every 2 years, trans and diff service at every 40k and spark plugs approx 90k miles or 5 years. BTW the sl550 engine is m273 and only has 8 spark plugs, not 16
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