ROBI Rotated a friends ADVANS against the Directional Arrows to even out wear? Can you or have any of you racing freaks done this? If ROBI does this is may be alright.

 

no need to make two threads about this

 

Thread ****! I took care of it.

 

I remember meeting a BMW CLUB Member at the track that was running against the arrows on RA-1's and he told me that this was fine, but I cannot remember his explaination.

I recall the BMW owner telling me that it is allright to go against the Arrows as long as you are not driving in Rain.

 

I'm not sure about the stock Advans. Some tires are built in a way that they can be run in either direction. Other tires will begin to fall apart if they are run backwards. I recall reading that the RA-1's can be run backwards but haven't heard anything on the Advans other than this thread. Also, even if the tire can be run backwards, you shouldn't do it in the rain as the tread would attempt to force water towards the middle of the tire rather than out the sides.

-Paul

 

Agree with last post.

I don't know about Advans, but RA1s can be run in either direction unless it is raining. If you still have tread blocks on your RA1s you should run them in the indicated direction when the road is wet, because the only purpose of the undirectional tread is to channel away water.

I run them all the time on the "incorrect" side, as long as the road is dry. All that matters then is how much rubber you have.

You always want the stickier ones (i.e., the more worn RA1s) on the rear. If you put stickier tires on the front and newer ones on the back, the rear end will tend to come out on you in fast turns.