I know this now, but it took me a while for it to sink in.
Take a look at these tires. Assume they are rolling towards you. The "outside" label is indeed on the outside. But the tread patterns I guess you'd say are 180 degrees different. So the direction of the "cuts" are going in different directions, based on what side of the vehicle the tire is on. I noticed this because the sidewall on these tires have spirals that point in one direction on the drivers side, but if I move the wheel/tire to the passenger side the spirals point in the opposite direction. The tire will be turning in the opposite direction.
In order to have a true asymmetric AND directional tire you would have a have a tire made exclusively for each side of the vehicle.
My Goodyear RS-A's on my truck are asymmetric and they too have the the tread cuts going in opposite directions driver side vs passenger side.
Do I have it right?
Take a look at these tires. Assume they are rolling towards you. The "outside" label is indeed on the outside. But the tread patterns I guess you'd say are 180 degrees different. So the direction of the "cuts" are going in different directions, based on what side of the vehicle the tire is on. I noticed this because the sidewall on these tires have spirals that point in one direction on the drivers side, but if I move the wheel/tire to the passenger side the spirals point in the opposite direction. The tire will be turning in the opposite direction.
In order to have a true asymmetric AND directional tire you would have a have a tire made exclusively for each side of the vehicle.
My Goodyear RS-A's on my truck are asymmetric and they too have the the tread cuts going in opposite directions driver side vs passenger side.
Do I have it right?
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