So, no suprise that the insides of my tires are worn down pretty good from the camber. Im thinking about getting them re-mounted so the worn edge is outward. my tires are about $160 for the fronts and $220 for the rears a piece. You guys think its a good idea? Anybody else doing this?

 

Same thing has happened to me on only one of my fronts...will be replacing all 4 since the rears are @ 2/32 and 3/32 respectively and obviously my alignment is off.


I personally would replace all 4, unless your rears are damn near new

 

Most of these tires are directional, so it's probably not the best idea - especially if you drive in the rain at all. You're also likely to get sub-optimal grip from spinning the tires the wrong way. If saving a few bucks is more important than these things, then go for it.

 

^^ no he is sayin to put his left tire on the right wheel and right on left. u will be fine doing this. a lot of my buds in sa dothis all the time and i will be doing the same thing once im on my new shoes. so dont worry about it, you will be fine flip floppin the tires.

 

i am doing this and so far no problems yet. *knock on wood*

 

yeah, as long as i swap the tires on the right side to the left and put the worn edge on the outside the direction should still be the right way. Also, my main reason for doing this is the tread is still great on 80% of the tire, its just a strip along the inside edge thats worn smooth.

 

there is nothing wrong if you do this. i have directional tires and swap the rears left to right. dismounting rear tires and swapping left to right. my alignment is right where i want it. my tires all wear pretty evenly, with the exception of some inside camber wear. my car is lowered and running a little negative camber, -2.5 deg in back and -1.0 deg up front. i just make sure i don't let the tires inside tread get below 50% before swapping the tires, so that it is practically new on the inside and still god on the outside. don't want to have to run bald tread on the outside if you wait too long to swap tires, can be dangerous.

this is good to do so that you get the most money out of your tires if your car is lowered, even with a good alignment done. but if you are able to get the alignment done and camber is in the "green" in specs then your tires should wear evenly and have no need to swap tires. my car has no camber kits, only the factory camber adjustment. front tires are in the green and wear even, no need to swap. rear is in the red and pretty much maxed out, maybe a little more adjustment but wanted the camber. so i swap the rears to get the most life out of the tire.

 

IMO, waste of time/effort/money. With 2.2* rear camber, I get about 2/32 difference in wear inside twi vs outside at end of tire life (I.e. inside worn to indicator level). Flipping them at half-life would give ~14% greater life. The additional dismounting/mounting/balancing costs greatly outweigh the increased life. Not to mention additional opportunities for the shop to do damage to the wheels.

Toe settings are *tremendously* more important for tire longevity, anyway. Going from max ap1 rear toe of 0.64* total to min of 0.32* total will about double tire life, and give better all-around handling characteristics as well. I run .1 - .2 degrees total rear toe. And I'm at 12k miles on my rear RS-3s(soft sticky tire), look good for at least another3-4k

 

This works well if the tire is just directional with a symmetrical tire pattern. If the tread pattern is asymmetrical then you can not rotate them. For example you could rotate a RE01R but an RE11 wont work due to the tread pattern

 

I always flip mine if the tire allows it, but that's what you get running -3 and -4 camber Daily.