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?

 

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

 

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

 

Does it say outside on the tyres.

 

nah

 

Have you put them back on the car on the right sides ?

 

Does it say inside as these tyres are marked inside and outside.

 

So it should say on the tyre wall 'inside' or 'outside'??, ill have to check tomorrow if so.

 

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

 

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.

 

Is that the same for the SportMaxx TT tyres as well?

 

I have Conti Sport Contact 5 tyres. They are the same. At first I thought the fitter had cocked up. But then I realised.

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.

 

This.
My GT ones are same.

 

Any news.

 

It's the same for the Sportmaxx TT also Inside and Outside.