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Old 08-26-2005, 10:27 AM   #11
RandallNeighbour
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I'd have to say I disagree with you all who say not to knock off the rubber and put it on the other side (unidirectional tire "rotating"). The way to make it work is to have it done every 3k or so when you have your tires balanced. Costs a little more, but the tires will wear evenly then and I've noticed it's kept my Kumho Ecsta MX's from becoming noisy.

I have 11k on my first set of tires since I bought the car and they're wearing quite evenly on the back. Now the front is a different story because I have some cupping already and that can't be avoided with the kind of "rotating" I'm suggesting.

Disclaimer: If you do it when you see inside wear (or 5~8k), it's too late and I'd have to agree that doing it will only make the tire wear quickly and cause an unsafe driving situation.
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