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Old Sep 24, 2006 | 11:16 PM
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My rear tires have inner camber wear on the inside but plenty of tread on the outter portion. I was wondering if it was safe to essentially flip the tires so the part with tread will be on the inside...
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Old Sep 24, 2006 | 11:28 PM
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yes, you can do that, but since they're directional tires you'll have to have it done by a tire shop; they'll switch the tires and rims, so you can face them the other direction.

You should also have an alignment done at the same time so you don't just keep wearing out your tires.
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Old Sep 26, 2006 | 06:35 AM
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gotta make sure your tires do not have a specifc side for "outside" though. mine do.
DOH!!!
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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 05:15 AM
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It will be fine to swap the tires.
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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 06:14 PM
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Is there a specific time? after how many miles? or would you flip the tires when you start to see wearing away
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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 06:36 PM
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Is there a specific time? after how many miles? or would you flip the tires when you start to see wearing away
You just have to make a guess. I replaced my front tires at 24,000 miles because of feathering. The tires were safe, just loud as hell. So I swapped my new front tires at 15,000 miles to avoid any wear problems. Cost is about $40.

If your alignment is OK, there is little need to swap tires. Unfortunately the only way to spot alignment problems is uneven tire wear.
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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 08:43 PM
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well just got some falken fk 452's....these tires are pretty quiet, so far so good!
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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 09:31 PM
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The falkens will get abit louder as you put more miles on. I have I would say 5k with the FK452's and it is pretty loud, sounds like a truck is rolling with me. But the tires stick pretty well , so I aint complaining.
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