for those of you who have experience with directional tires, do these tires tend to wear more on the inside or outside of the wheel.

i'm asking b/c my tires on the inside are pretty worn while the outside remains in good condition so i'm thinking about replacing them but a friend told me i should just remove the tires from the rims and mount them on the opposite side of the car since rotation of the tires is usually only done front to back this would extend the life of the tire and save me some $$$. any thoughts???

 

the tires wears uneven cos you have lowered your car, it's camber wear

you cannot dismount the mount them on opposite side, they must put DOT face outside

 

If you lowered your car, the wear would be more on the INSIDE of the tires -- your tires would look more like / \ than \ / if you looked from the back of the car.

Depending on the tire, they have different compounds on a particular part of the tire. They'll use a softer compound on the outside to improve handling. Do you drive hard? The tires will wear more if you enjoy 'spirited' driving, esp on the twists / corners.

I'm curious to know when you had an alignment done last ... also when you've rotated your tires. Unfortunately with directional tires, you can only rotate from front-to-back, no crossing over, like in non-directional tires. And you're right, sam, you can't remount your tires so that the ones that say "left" go on the right side of the car.

Key to maximizing the life of tires ... rotate regularly, keep inflation as per spec, and proper alignment.

 

Directional tires can be rotated from left to right. The thread compounds on the inner and outer shoulders are equally the same.
This however doesn't hold true with UNI-DIRECTIONAL tires which are side specific (left and right).

 

Thanks Lawaia for clarifying.

 

Well the car was lowered when i purchased it although i just had the original springs put back on so that definitely explains the wear pattern on the inside.

I'm pretty conservative on the road although i do get into those moments where i just want to experience some spirited driving.

The last alignment was done about 2 weeks ago when i had the springs changed and when i looked at the wheel the inner tread was at about 25% remaining while the outer was closer to 60%.

Well i guess i'll have to replace these tires then. Thanx guys.