^^ I've never really had a reason to rotate left to right on this car. I did it all the time with the fronts on my G35 coupe though. It allowed for 30k miles out of the soft Pilot sports.

 

Well that's good to know. I def have to do it this time around. I set up the tire maintenance reminder at 5000 miles on the nav screen so I WON'T forget to do it.

 

Fun little cruise
Great driving, and some nice hang time. Some of those spectators are seriously rolling the dice being so close.

 

Really? Because the PSS aren't directional tires, they're asymmetrical.

No wait, nvrmnd. You're talking about PS A/S.

 

You might be able to check your settings if your mechanic painted a reference line on the camber bolts when he did your alignment

 

I was told PSS can't be flipped from side to side. True story?

 

Doesn't matter, as long as the one side is on the outside of the rim. Asymmetrical tires.

 

That's one feature that's very useful!


Definitely! Yes, they're chancing it for sure. I've seen footage of those rally races where the racer plows into the spectators. Definitely not where I'd want to hang!


Well, the Pilot sport (summer), PS A/S, PS A/S Plus were all directional and as such, required dismounting from the wheels to achieve side-to-side rotation. The A/S 3 is asymmetrical and can be rotated side to side without having to dismount the tires (which is nice).

I always thought the A/S line was a great compromise in terms of performance vs. wear but if the 3's are going to wear like that, I'll just get the super sports.


That's a brilliant idea! Thanks Lego!

 

If I take the left tire (driver side) and move it over to the right side (passenger) then the "outside" will now be the "inside" thus making them not flippable.

 

Best edit reason ever, Around...lol!

 

Waiting for coffee to kick in, and my head is still fuzyy, however:

Directional tires must rotate forward in a particular direction.
Non-directional tires can rotate in either direction.
Asymmetrical tires can rotate in either direction, but one side must be the outside


Directional tires have to be dismounted from the rim in order to be moved side-2-side, but asymmetrical tires don't. However, on my car my wheels have a directional-spoke design, which complicates things quite a bit. In order for me to swap tires from left-2-right, I would have to remove the tires from the rims.

 

I guess the wheels essentially put you in the directional tire camp with the PSS, because directional wheels.

 

You can't swap tires from left to right because the outside would now be on the inside.

 

What the heck... LOL

Are you OK? Visualize it, man. Take your time if you have to.

 

Umm, take your own advice? I'll help you though.

What I think you are talking about is taking the wheel/tire and rotating them from side to side. You can do that but what would be the point since they both relatively have the same camber/toe setting thus meaning wear will be almost exactly the same? The idea of rotating is to get even wear across the whole tire but since our tires are staggered and not directional we don't have this option. The flipping tires thing I was talking about is not possible either because since we have an "outside" dedicated shoulder if flipped with the proper orientation the outside portion will be on the inside and vice versa.