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Old May 31, 2006 | 07:59 PM
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So I would like to put new tires and rims on but I wanted to get a little larger in the back and smaller in the front but my question is, and please don't think..God a stupid girl, when you go to rotate them..you can't switch them left to right so how would you and would you rotate them?

Old May 31, 2006 | 08:05 PM
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I don't really think you can. I'm sure you can swap left to right by having the tires turned on the wheels if they're directional (which is the most likely case) other than that there's no possible way. On my beater I have all same size directionals but I can only do front to back because of that. If they were bigger in the rear like you want, then I wouldn't be able to do shiz.
Old May 31, 2006 | 09:00 PM
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Are you sure you want to change the balanced look of your beautiful 'stang?
Old May 31, 2006 | 09:15 PM
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when you go staggared, you dont rotate..

and to be honest its not neccassairy to do so on our cars anyway.. rotates just allows all parts of the tire to wear, so yo ucan get max life out of them..
Old May 31, 2006 | 09:32 PM
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Well, on the front I'm running the non-directional all season tires that came with the car so I can swap those left to right... however the backs are directional so I can't rotate those... like black said.. not a big deal for me... For the record I'm actually running 16 inch wheels up front and 17 inch on the rear for a real staggered look! LOL! I had my lowering springs put back in while the car was at MRT... I also now have matching rims for my DR's.. so all 4 wheels match now! LOL!
Old May 31, 2006 | 09:46 PM
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Wear rotation is supposed to even out rear vs front tire wear patterns.......

Swaping left and right is of no noticeble use.....So no you can not rotate.

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