If anyone wonders what happens when unidirectional tires are put on the wrong direction:
They are noisy, and you get really weird treadwear. I FINALLY got around to figuring out why the wife’s car was making noise. Rear tires were on the wrong sides. Now there’s a raised band (maybe 20 mils or so) at the center of the tire the whole way around, and the outer treads have raised areas on maybe every third tread block. Strange how it wore like that.
And there’s no one to blame but myself. Swapped all 8 snow tires on both cars the same night. Just plain careless putting them on and LAZY to wait this long to diagnose it. :bash:
Funny you would say that, I actually went out and did that hoping to wear them a little more evenly. Found out the car has some kind of stability control besides traction control. Who knew…
probably had poor water traction. instead of the water being shead off to the side of the tire. its pulled into the middle of the tire. with nowhere to go for it.
its amazing in how many cars i tow have the tires on the wrong side. tire places are morons anymore.
I have checked with Kuhmo (Victoracers), Toyo (RA-1’s) and Yokohama (AVS) over the years and they all told me the same thing - the unidirectional design really only applies to channeling water from the tire in rain.
Were these mounted backwards by accident or are you planning on “flipping” them on rim to extend the life of the tires?
They were mounted on the rims correctly. In my haste to get the winter tires on, I just put them on the wrong side like a dumb ass.
Definitely a wacky wear pattern though. I’m assuming it’s because of the wrong mounting direction. They both did the same thing and were on the rear of the car, so most likely not an alignment issue.
Ahhh, don’t feel too bad. I was at a road race once and it started to rain. So, in driving rain, outside, I pulled my dries and installed my rains. I figured I was a pretty smart cookie since not everyone had/changed to their rains. I went out, ran the race (poorly) survived and after the race, a Vette driver came by my paddock and pointed out that I put ALL of the rain tires on the wrong side of the car.
Nothing like channeling water to the FRONT of the contact patch! LOL!
because we have the electronic throttle body its very hard to do a good burnout theres alot of electronics to prevent ppl from doing stupid stuff to our cars in the snow i could have the gas pedal floored and it would only give it 1/6 throttle
in the snow i could have the gas pedal floored and it would only give it 1/6 throttle