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Old 06-14-2012, 11:06 PM
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Hello I have a ef that never sees rain or snow only dry concrete, my nittos are getting kinda low and my buddy suggested flipping the tire and running the inside on the outside... I was wondering is it dangerous in any way?
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Is there a lot of inner tire wear or something?
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Yes front tires have camber
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did it all the time with my lowered civic since it would eat up the inside of all 4 tires. if the wear is really bad and you hit a puddle of water on a heavy raining day you may hydro a little just my experience
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Originally Posted by 91_gsr
Hello I have a ef that never sees rain or snow only dry concrete, my nittos are getting kinda low and my buddy suggested flipping the tire and running the inside on the outside... I was wondering is it dangerous in any way?
The water evacuation pattern in the tread will be lost if you do that, but otherwise it is a perfectly fine way to get more use out of a set of tires that have excessive toe wear.

You should also go get the toe issue fixed to prevent further uneven wear.
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Originally Posted by Big_TT
did it all the time with my lowered civic since it would eat up the inside of all 4 tires. if the wear is really bad and you hit a puddle of water on a heavy raining day you may hydro a little just my experience
sounds like you had excessive toe that needed to be fixed
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We'll I never drive in rain so Ihave don't have to worry about that I driveit like I ride my bike
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