Tyre rotation direction?

[C2kev]

imagine these wheels are rolling up towards the top of your screen, which tyre is fitted the correct way round? I think its the top pic but just want to make sure as it doesn't say anywhere on the tyre. My wheels have just been powdercoated and the guy has refitted all four tyres the same way round so i need to get two of them switched around

 

[C2kev]

fitted to the passenger side!

 

[KEVRSI]

it will have arrows on the side if it is a directional tyre, but they would go with the diagonal channels on the outside of the wheel

 

[SC03OTT]

If it doesn't have a direction it will say "outside" on the wall. Look for that. Can't tell by looking at those...well, I can't.

 

[Moz168]

Top one is passenger side. The curved grooves should throw water out from under the wheel, whereas the bottom pic it would be pulling it in under the wheel. I think.

 

[Jaff.]

some tyres are multidirectional...

normally theres an arrow pointing in the way of travel or "outside" printed on the outside wall. if these arent present then id say they were bi-dierctional tyres

 

[Tony Hunter]

If it doesn't say OUTSIDE,then surely it doesn't matter,but I would say the bottom one on the o/s.

 

[C2kev]

it does say "outside" on one side of each tyre, but this is what's confusing me. the pic below is how they would be fitted to the car. it says 'outside' on the outside of each tyre as they sit in the pic, but wouldn't that mean the grip on the passenger side would running the opposite way to the drivers side? does this matter? Is there such thing as left side and right side tyres? they are Kuhmo Ectsas by the way

 

[SC03OTT]

You're thinking about this to much. They are fitted correctly.

 

[C2kev]

You're thinking about this to much. They are fitted correctly.

yeah its hurting my head, its just that the passenger side looks wrong to me

 

[Tony Hunter]

FFS,if it say's outside then that's it.

 

[JCC]

If it says outside on the outside of all 4 tyres then leave it alone.

 

[C2kev]

Ok cheers for your help, at least it saved me from going back to complain and looking like a bell-end (i just sound like one on here instead).

thread can be locked now or deleted.

still looks wrong though

 

[:( clios]

|Something is wrong there. one side is pushing water out, the other in. plus they are throwing water into the arches.

Get it changed now in my opinion.

 

[jack_kemp]

Top one is passenger side. The curved grooves should throw water out from under the wheel, whereas the bottom pic it would be pulling it in under the wheel. I think.

This

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

Looks wrong to me.

 

[JCC]

Are they Kumho KH11s?

 

[C2kev]

AAAAAAAAAaarrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhh

to me it looks like i have four driver side tyres, can tyres be side specific?

 

[C2kev]

Are they Kumho KH11s?

yeah

 

[JCC]

That's fine then, I had a set of those fitted to my 1.2 and they looked like that. Stop worrying.

 

[Jaff.]

tyres are side specific, thats why you have "outside" or and arrow on ONE side of the tyre.

if you have the word "outside" writen on the outside o9f your wheels then they are right.

if you swapped 2 of your tyres over now youd have those twin lines running along the tyre on the outside of 1 pair of wheels and the inside of the other 2.

ignore those diagonal lines most water is dispensed "out the back" of the tyre anyway so leave them be!

 

[turbo tom]

looks like most assymetric tyres tread to me, keep as they are!