Flippin' Hoosiers??, No Boob/No Political Content..... Options

[Joseph Mills]

Considering my topic description, hardly anyone will probably read this. But for those of you that are.......

I'm running my first ever set of Hoosier A3S03 Competition Autocross tires. I ran them about 2/3 of a season last year. They appear to still have a little life left in them. Maybe half a AX season or so.

My car has -1.25 F & -2.0 R degree camber. So there is that uneven wear to consider. The outside shoulder of the tire is rounded.....more uneven wear to consider.

To wrench all the mileage possible from these tires, would it be worth flipping the tires on their wheels for the 2nd half of their life?

They're supposed to be non-directional, so it should be safe to do so? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[machina]

Moving the tires and wheels side to side is easy and works pretty well to balance wear. It is even easier when all four wheels are the same size like on my 914.

Once I went thru the trouble of dismounting a set of hoosiers on my 993. I really don't think it was worth the time for the mounting and balancing etc.

Got maybe 20% more wear out of the tires but probably not very good miles. Its the heat cycles that kills tires.

I would say just to manage your tires well and don't bother with the flip.

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