Tire rotation and well.....rotation!!!

[GryStrm]

now that i got my new wheels in route....i have a funny question....i got the overwhelmingly appluaded falken 452's (awesome look tire in person)....however i just realized this wheel has a rotation specific design based on its tread...meaning theres a right mount and a left mount...if u have em...look at the side of the tire...it shows you the rotation direction of the tire. so heres my question...how do you rotate them from wheel bay to wheel bay? (around the car) ...you can only go front to back staying on the same side....unless u mount and dismount them off the rims....not that i care too much...but just a thought!...or am i missing something...

[johnny_d]

i also have the FK452s and you can only swap fronts to back on the same side unless u want to demount them. But if your car is new and have no alignment/camber issues I would imagine front to back swap is good enough

[Rolling Estonian]

I hadn't thought about that, I have the 452's as well. I guess I'm going to have to pay special attention to the tread wear on the sides

[SniperJoe]

You are not missing anything ... with directional tires you can only rotate front to back ....

[Absolute Zero]

I used to have Toyo Proxes4 18"s on my last car and they were really good tires. They were directional as well and I just rotated front to back. No problems at all.

[adidas2go]

You'll be fine rotating front to back. Its the pattern used by any shop on a car with directional tread. Its the same concept as the "side to side" method used on cars with different sized wheels on the front, than the rear. Also know as "staggered" wheels.