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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 10:17 AM
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I get a lot of inner camber wear on my rears. I've had it aligned several times. Is it possible to swap the left and right rears so I can even the tread wear and don't have to buy new ones so often.

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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 10:22 AM
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possible? probably
good idea? probably not
most if not all tires have a specific rotation direction that the tire is designed to operate by

you will see a marking and an arrow on the tire wall
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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 11:27 AM
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Do not just "rotate" them left to right by taking off the rim and moving it to the other side. You can take it to a tire shop and get them to unmount and flip the tire on the rim so that it is facing the other way. This will allow you to use your driver's side tire on the passenger side (and vice versa) and will still preserve the proper direction of rotation.
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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 11:35 AM
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That information is so good, Russell said it twice!
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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 11:36 AM
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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by RBC3,Aug 8 2007, 02:35 PM
That information is so good, Russell said it twice!
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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 01:19 PM
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I had the tires on my civic flip-flopped and I got double the mileage out of them.
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Old Aug 9, 2007 | 05:40 PM
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One thing you might want to look into Todd is what alignment specs they are using. You can have them alter it to how you want the tires to wear. The AP2 stock alignment usually calls for some toe in the front which causes the fronts to wear on the inside a lot more. You might want to look into taking them specs and have them align it to your own specs not what they think it should be or etc.
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Old Aug 9, 2007 | 06:36 PM
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hey, what's that iron man from?
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Old Aug 9, 2007 | 07:12 PM
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From the movie yo. I loves me some Iron Man. Marvel FTMFW
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