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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 10:57 AM
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Hi everyone ,
I'm getting a littl camber wear and was wondering if I can rotate tires left and right? I can't do front rear because I'm staggered.
Please correct me of I'm wrong , but I think it's doable because these are rotational tires right ?
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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 11:01 AM
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Which Hankook tires? If they're directional tires, you cant rotate them.
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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 11:02 AM
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Sorry should have been more specific , it's the vantus v12 !
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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 11:03 AM
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ventus v12?

you'll have to flip them.
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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 11:23 AM
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Thanks guys! Here are some pics of the front tires. They have about 30k miles on them. After rotating them will they last about another 30k?

Thanks so much !!


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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 11:37 AM
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Here are the rears


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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 12:31 PM
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Not necessarily. You should judge by the tread wear. Any balding is bad obviously. You'll have to flip them. Meaning, unmount rear driver and remount to rear passenger.

IE:
1-2
|
3-4

to

2-1
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4-3
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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 12:39 PM
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To simplifiy, you'll want to ask the tire place to dismount the tires off the wheels and swap sides. Front left to front right and rear left to rear right. That's really good mileage/life on those tires BTW!
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I dout you'll get another 30k they look pass half way mark already. You can tell if they are louder than before and how they perform when it rains if it junk.
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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 01:34 PM
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I had the same problem with the stock tires, but the insides were so bald that the wires were showing Just switched the fronts out for these v12s also.

Do you plan on getting a camber kit?
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thanks guys!

i thought what they had to do was instead of doing front left to front right, and rear left to rear right, the tires would just stay as where they are but flip the tires inside out (so left side of tires become the right side of the tiers)...?
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Originally Posted by InspireME
I had the same problem with the stock tires, but the insides were so bald that the wires were showing Just switched the fronts out for these v12s also.

Do you plan on getting a camber kit?
not sure what a camber kit would do for me i just lowered my car to close the gaps and never even thought i would ever have to worry about uneven tire wear
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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by dorkacho
not sure what a camber kit would do for me i just lowered my car to close the gaps and never even thought i would ever have to worry about uneven tire wear
You're having this problem because of negative camber due to being lowered. A camber kit is truly designed to correct that or add adjustability. I'm currently running the Megan rear camber kit. There's the SPC ball joints for the front or the Megan upper A arms. Look them up and vendors on CL sell them also. Depends on how aggressive your wheels are is where you can run into some problems.
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Wish I could get 30K out of my tires. Here are mine after about 10K with about 500 track miles. The V12's don't seem to take punishment to well. Good street tires but wouldn't call them high performance by any means. The tread just seems to rip off. Fronts were even worse and I had to replace them already.
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Old Aug 8, 2013 | 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Sportskid1
Wish I could get 30K out of my tires. Here are mine after about 10K with about 500 track miles. The V12's don't seem to take punishment to well. Good street tires but wouldn't call them high performance by any means. The tread just seems to rip off. Fronts were even worse and I had to replace them already.
How are they on the street though? I plan on getting those
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