I have a set of YOKO ES100, and because of the negative camber, my inner side of the tires are wearing out in the front. Is there any harm if I take it to the tire shop and have it flipped around (outside thread inside). The tires are rotational tires. Anyone with experience that can share?

 

You will loose traction when cornering when you flip tires resulting in an accident.

 

Lowered 1.5". Same situation, with the ES100s. Since I can mount/unmount my own wheels, yeah, I swapped left and right. The contact patch is going to be smaller, and it looks kinda funny (since the worn patch is then on the outside corner, which you can see everytime you walk by the car).

Ended up installing Omni Power front camber kit, to help with the negative camber. (I already did the rear washer trick.)

Also, now running Toyo T1-S/T1-R tires.... much better wet/dry performance than the ES100s, in my opinion.

 

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Not a good idea. Can cause an accident.

 

how so?

 

getting an alignment would be cheaper than getting tires flipped wouldn't you think so?

 

I had a 4 wheel laser alignment prior putting in my brand new ES100's.

 

what degree negative camber are you running?

 

Bad Idea

 

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fronts were -2.3

and what's a bad idea?

 

thats a little excessive for daily driver, unless you like buying tires.

 

i have the avs es 100s and the "V" thread pattern can only be the rotating the way it was designed to roll for optimum grip. the tire was not designed to spin the other direction. u can rotate the tires by swithing the fronts with the rears keepin the tires on the same side of the car only!

 

Omni for the win. My car is lowered quite a bit and have no negative camber.



I have full Omni suspension. I love it.

 

i can see your negative camber. your rear has no negative camber. your front looks like it has about -1.5 camber

 

people do this all the time to get the most out of their tires. ive done it many times. just be aware your tires are not 100% so dont go taking turns at 100%.

 

For me I felt better turn in with a 1.0 Rear camber and I have the front at 1.2 I think.

My nitto 450's are wearing evenly as well.

 

You can't have directional tires spinning backwards, and if tires have been spinning in one direction and you switch them so they're going the opposite direction, they're more likely to break belts, that's why tire shops don't do cross rotation any more just front to back. If you're going to have them dismounted and remounted so that the worn areas are on the outside I don't really see a problem but I don't think your handling will be as good.

 

your handling wont be as good because youre running worn *** tires anyways..

as long has you get them flipped and are still spinning the right direction, its better than running them into the nylon and eventually the steel belts

 

your best bet is just to change the tires..sacrificing your conering and traction isn't such a good idea..

heres a good comparison:

if you cut yur seat belt would you just tie is back together and assume it was okay..[i think not]

 

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Depends .. what kind of knot is it??


Lol, If the OP is asking if you Can do it,
then I would assume he is looking for more thread life, and not highspeed traction.

 

"get a flippin camber kit", lol. i got a cheap one of ebay and tread wear is even and traction mucho better.

 

flippin your tires around will ruine the tires..they are made to rotate one way!..if you flip it..you defeat the whole point of the design.

 

Yes, they are made to only spin one direction. If you spin them backwards, it will separate the belt, and the tire will have a huge buldge in it. Not only that, but driving in the rain would suck, because the tread wouldn't allow the water to evacuate from underneath the tire, and instead cause it to puddle in front of the tread, causing extreme hydroplaning.

 

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no it wouldnt, all it will do it make it wear faster.

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you can flip the tires on the rims and still have them going the right direction. just put them on the other side of the car. you guys are reading too much in to his question

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post *****

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you guys sure like spreading mis information dont you. flipping the tires around will not make the tires any worse than they already are.

if you have really worn tires anyways you are gonna have a hard time getting a reputable shop flip them for you. most reputable shops wont re mount a tire that has less than 3/32nds on any part of the tire .

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 87shytwhip &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">your best bet is just to change the tires..sacrificing your conering and traction isn't such a good idea..

heres a good comparison:

if you cut yur seat belt would you just tie is back together and assume it was okay..[i think not]</TD></TR></TABLE>

thats a stupid *** comparison. people flip their tires all the time