Re: [auto-x] I Luv my new Kumho's

[Mark Mages <mmages@gie.com>]

MHO - the designers / engineers of the tire probably spent a few minutes
figuring out the best way to get traction / life out of your tire, and it it
says "Mount this side out" there just might be a reason....
mark

Brad Sheridan wrote:

> At 07:39 AM 8/4/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >The other COOL thing about em is after a number of events they pretty
> >much wear to where all you see are the 2 deeper groves (kinda look
> >like an F1 grooved tire) which more or less eliminates the Aesemetric
> >pattern which allows you to 'reverse' mount them on your rims to
> >further extend their life.  Did that make sense?  In other words the
> >side that normally says "mount this side facing in" can be flipped to
> >the outside with no ill effect.
>
>   Just curious, have you actually seen this done? I know on bike tires,
> some of these directionally mount slicks or street tires will fall apart in
> short order if you stick it on backwards. It has do with how the rubber
> molecules are aligned. Does anyone know if Indy slicks are directional? I
> would assume those are, I'm just curious how far that trickles down.
>
> Brad
>
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