Remove the tire from the right rim ... turn it over (flip) and replace it on the right rim ... now place this wheel and tire on the left side of the car.

This works for both fronts and rears if you have uneven inside wear and want to extend the life of the tire(s).

Never go front to rear !

Must do it before wear is exessive (wear bars showing).

 

Okay...but wouldn't the rotation of the tires be going the wrong way? Both the left and right tires will be rotating the wrong way.

On my tires, there is an arrow that points to the direction of the rotation. After flipping and placing the rim/tire on the other side, the arrow will be pointing the wrong way.

Doesn't this have any detrimental effects to the way the tires will handle?

 

If you take a front left tire off the front left rim, flip it, then mount it to the same rim, then move it to the right front, it will be rotating the right direction. Do the same for right side.

This would be the same as taking the left front off the rim, not flipping it, and mounting in on right front rim and vice versa.

Either way you choose to slice it, the tires are spinning the proper direction on the vehicle. The only difference is, what was once the inside of the tire is now on the outside, and what was once the outside is the inside

 

Flipping of the tyres is a good idea, especially if you track! The inner tread blocks of my Dunplops still have those new needles sticking out of them, but the outsides are rather round and worn near the sidewall from all those corners! Tread wear throughout the contact patch is pretty even, but swapping sides will keep excessive track wear under control.

///Robin

 

I understand what you are saying now.

However, when you say "flip it" I have no friggin idea what you're talking about.

You say: "take the front left tire off the front left rim, FLIP IT, then mount it to the right front rim"

Then you say this would be the same as: "take the front left tire off the front left rim, NOT FLIP IT, and mount it to the right front rim"

How would FLIPPING it and NOT FLIPPING it be the same? What da hell is this "FLIPPING" and "NOT FLIPPING"???

Wouldn't it be easier to say "Take the front left tire off, mount it on the front right wheel so that the tire is still rotating in the correct direction."

 

You will find that when you remove the tire from one rim, you'll have to flip the tire over before placing it on the second rim to keep the direction arrow in the correct direction.

If you look at the driver's side wheel, you'll notice it spins counter-clock-wise (forward). If you look at the passenger's side wheel you'll notice it spins clock-wise (forward).

 

Some pretty confusing shiiiii_!!!!!!

 

Sounds complicated but really not ... think of flipping as reversing the tire ... like what people used to do to when mounting the whitewalls inside.

If you take the tire off the wheel from the right side and turn it over and remount it on that same wheel ... it is reversed or flipped.

However you now must place that wheel on the left side of the car to maintain the proper rotation. If you had uneven wear with the inside of the tire beeing worn more than the outside of the tire ... you now will have the better tread on the inside and the uneven wear will balance out with time.

 

E White, YOU MAKE SENSE!!! Thank you!!!

E White, do you see what I mean when RACER wrote that flipping it is the same as not flipping it? I was like...what the hell...

 

Glad to have been of some help.