Just got my Falken Azenis sports from Victor, and looking at them I would guess they're directional, but I don't see any arrows indicating a direction. Anybody know, I'd like to get these on ASAP?

 

there should be an arrow next to the "outside" on the sidewall

 

They are not directional. If you are a tire supplier and you have a directional tire that is asymmetrical... you're going to have problems.

 

I'll have to check next to the "outside" when I get home tonight. mos, I just don't understand what you're saying. I'm not a tire supplier, if that helps.

 

just mount them with the larger tread blocks on the outside. the straight water groove(if you want to call it that) goes on the inside of the wheel.

Just go to falkens website and look there, they have a 3d image of the tire mounted on a wheel.

 

they have water grooves? I never noticed *shrug*

 

Put the side that says outside on the outside and you are done...

 

What am I thinking, I talked with Victor last night and he told me they're not directional. Yeah, it's pleasant running on 4 hours of sleep for the second night in a row. Thanks for the help though guys.

 

What I meant was, if a tire is asymmetrical and directional, you will end up with a left and a right tire which cannot be interchanged. I think some Perellis were like this a while ago. Seems like all the tire manufacturers went away from doing this anymore because it causes a lot of inventory and customer headaches. I can see dealers getting the wrong side and returning shipments... and if a customer gets a flat and just buys one left, that will throw off the tire shops inventory. Now hes got an incomplete set.

 

Umm My Hakka 1's are directional. So is the Yoko A520. Can't remember, but I think the Yoko ES100 might be as well. It's still used today.

 

Thats all fine and dandy. Tire mfgers make asymmetrical tires and they make directional tires. They just dont seem to make many directional asymmetrical tires. Thats where the problems come in, and thats what I was talking about in my previous posts, sorry if you didn't understand.

 

like this.

 

i had mine remounted inside out to get some more life out of them

 

Thanks all you guys, and mos, I get you now, thanks for explaining. I was confused, because the way it looks like it would be, two tires would be the same on one side, but then on the other side, with the proper side facing in, the tread would be going in the opposite direction. As in, when mounted, both sides are not symmetrical. But apparently none of that matters, all that matters now is getting those suckers mounted and on the road.