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- 2001 Mazda MP3
yeah, want to be able to rotate my tires often, and i need some new summer tires. kinda thinking of going with the stock potenza's.
any other suggestions
any other suggestions
what NON directional tires
- Thread starter daonly1around
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If you liked the Bridgestones RE-050A's (and I did) and want to stick with Bridgestone for an ultra performance summer tire, why not step up to the new RE-11's? They test extremely well. They are pricey and are not available (when I checked) for stock rim width. But I sense you have aftermarket rims that may be a bit wider.
I'd have gone that way at replacement time but for (1) none were out yet in stock width and (2) I decided to go with an A/S tread pattern. See sig below.
Given how highly rated the RE-11's seem to be, I'm a bit surprised that they are not showing up as replacements in this forum. Maybe price?
I'd have gone that way at replacement time but for (1) none were out yet in stock width and (2) I decided to go with an A/S tread pattern. See sig below.
Given how highly rated the RE-11's seem to be, I'm a bit surprised that they are not showing up as replacements in this forum. Maybe price?
MS Pro Codriver
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Wouldn't they be better called both-directional tires?
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- 2001 Mazda MP3
that LOOKS like a directional tire, i want to be able to rotate them
MikeHTally
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- 2008.5 Speed3, 2006 Chrysler 300C, 2003 Ram 1500
Yokohama YK-520
coololddude
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Look for the arrows on the directional tires.
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- 13 MX-5
You want to rotate your tires often? FWD cars rotate their tires front to back, back to front. Did you want to rotate them like RWD cars do? And how often is often, every oil change?
I will never buy these again - I have horrible road noise after about 10K miles on them.
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- 06 LS MS6
07 BM GT (shell has been struck from the roll)
Thats why bridgestone has that "pole" part in the name (stripper)
I'd vote for the sumitomo HTRZIII.... BUT.... they don't make them in 215/45-18. You'd have to get them in 225/40-18 or 225/45-18. Both fit. One is slightly shorter than the stock tire, other other is slightly taller (and will very slightly rub in the back if you don't trim the plastic fender liner a bit). I ran these on several other cars and loved them. I'm going to put them on my speed3 next time so I can rotate the tires more effectively. Crossing the rear tires to the front and taking the front tires straight back when I rotated the stock ones got perfectly even wear... going straight front to back with directional tires has always left the innner edges worn out prematurely, even with perfect alignment and air pressure. My other cars were like this too.
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- 2001 Mazda MP3
i'm gonna be getting 235 40 or 245 40 18x8.5 grids.
Nliiitend1
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Yeah, you can still rotate unidirectional tires, as long as they're not unidirectional AND asymmetrical as well, and your front tires are the same size as your back tires...
The only difference is that you can't switch sides, which means that your tires will always be travelling in the same direction over their entire lives (rather than being able to switch sides and run them "backwards"). You're still going to have the "outside" of the tire always on the outside and the "inside" of the tire always on the inside, unless you dismount your tires, even if you have omnidirectional tires.
The only difference is that you can't switch sides, which means that your tires will always be travelling in the same direction over their entire lives (rather than being able to switch sides and run them "backwards"). You're still going to have the "outside" of the tire always on the outside and the "inside" of the tire always on the inside, unless you dismount your tires, even if you have omnidirectional tires.
