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Re: Flipping tires (Hoosiers)?

To: <autox@autox.team.net>, "Andy Nguyen" <aqn@dev.tivoli.com>
Subject: Re: Flipping tires (Hoosiers)?
From: "Matt Murray" <mattm@optonline.net>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 11:04:14 -0400
Check with Hoosier Tom at Mid-Atlantic Motorsports.
He should be able to clarify.

Matt Murray

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-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Nguyen <aqn@dev.tivoli.com>
To: autox@autox.team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 10:59 AM
Subject: Flipping tires (Hoosiers)?


>  Hi all,
>
>  I *think* I have seen mentions of tires being "rotated" on the
>  rim so the inside edge is now on the outside, in order to even
>  out wear.  I am running Hoosier A3S03's on a Golf VR6.  The
>  Hoosiers have "directional" arrows on one sidewall, saying:
>
>    "rotation direction - left side >>>> <<<< rotation direction -
right side"
>
>  which dictates which side is the outside, and states that the
>  tire is not directional.  I *think* the construction is
>  symmetrical i.e. left side wall & right wall are constructed
>  the same way.
>
>  I plan to flip the tires around on the rim, so the outside is
>  now inside.  Has anybody done that?  Anything bad happened?
>  Thanks for any info.
>
>--
>Andy Nguyen \ aqn@tivoli.com \ Tivoli Systems, Austin, TX \
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