Question about Tread Pattern
18 September 2016, 07:50 PM
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Question about Tread Pattern
I have got my alloys refurbed from Mint Alloys in Bedfordshire about 2 weeks ago and was washing my car today and noticed that the tread pattern of the tyres are on opposite ways around from the left hand side when compared to the right hand side.
I was under the impression that you should have the tread pattern face the same way for both pair of tyres is this correct?
I was under the impression that you should have the tread pattern face the same way for both pair of tyres is this correct?
18 September 2016, 08:01 PM
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Check your sidewall to see if it points in a rotation and if the arrows are going forward easy if not get to a tyre shop 
18 September 2016, 08:05 PM
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I did look to see if there was an arrow but i could not see one, their Dunlop SportMaxx RT on the front and Dunlop SportMaxx TT on the rear btw
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Good set of tyres bro I'm sure they are rotational ones last time I seen a set on a car if in doubt get to a local tyre centre
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I'm in the tyre business, Dunlop Sportmaxx RT is an assymetric tyre which has an inside and outside. Somewhere on the tyre outside should be readable.
But when you look at the front left and front right tyre (or rear) you'll notice thes tend to point in a different direction but that's normal.
But when you look at the front left and front right tyre (or rear) you'll notice thes tend to point in a different direction but that's normal.
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I'm in the tyre business, Dunlop Sportmaxx RT is an assymetric tyre which has an inside and outside. Somewhere on the tyre outside should be readable.
But when you look at the front left and front right tyre (or rear) you'll notice thes tend to point in a different direction but that's normal.
But when you look at the front left and front right tyre (or rear) you'll notice thes tend to point in a different direction but that's normal.
19 September 2016, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by staaf
I'm in the tyre business, Dunlop Sportmaxx RT is an assymetric tyre which has an inside and outside. Somewhere on the tyre outside should be readable.
But when you look at the front left and front right tyre (or rear) you'll notice thes tend to point in a different direction but that's normal.
But when you look at the front left and front right tyre (or rear) you'll notice thes tend to point in a different direction but that's normal.
If you have asymmetric circumferential 'rain-clearing grooves' as part of the pattern, then as you look from the front (or rear of course), the grooves on both tyres should be mirror images of each other.
Last edited by joz8968; 19 September 2016 at 06:46 PM.
19 September 2016, 08:34 PM
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I'm in the tyre business, Dunlop Sportmaxx RT is an assymetric tyre which has an inside and outside. Somewhere on the tyre outside should be readable.
But when you look at the front left and front right tyre (or rear) you'll notice thes tend to point in a different direction but that's normal.
But when you look at the front left and front right tyre (or rear) you'll notice thes tend to point in a different direction but that's normal.
My GT ones are same.
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