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Originally Posted by Dr. Kill
This kind of sucks. Since our fronts and rears are different sizes, are we just limited to an 8000 mile warrantee?
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Yea, staggered tires can be a pain (this is the 3rd car I've owned w/ staggered tires - you'd think I'd learn
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But, you can still rotate them.
If you have Uni-directional tires, you just swap them side-to-side.
If your tires are Directional, you can still rotate them, but it involves more hassle and expense.
You need to remove them from the wheel and reverse and remount them on the opposite side of the car.
What makes Directional tires directional is that they have special water channeling tread on the outside of the tire designed to throw water away from the car. If you don't reverse them, the water channels are now on the inside of the tire and you throw the water toward the car's centerline and under the opposite tire dramatically increasing the potential for Hydroplaning.
Unfortunately, this is not the Tire Mfgrs.' problem, it's ours - chalk another one up to the Price of Admission!
