adrial

Thanks everybody

I'll give yokohama a call on monday.

I'll let you guys know what they say...

Manning

The implication of a tire mounted backwards would be that perhaps the technician wasn't paying attention when he mounted the tire.

The consequence might be bad handling or reduced tread life

Sorry I couldn't help myself

adrial

OOPS...

thanks for the correction

adrial

Well I called yokohama today and (the 800 number on their website) and the lady on the phone said to have them remounted correctly. She just gave me the official shpeel though...could be noisy, tire wear may be affected...that its meant to go on one way and one way only...nothing really convincing.

I'll see what the guys at Eurotire have to say...(not where I had the tires mounted initially)

Manning

I was just thinking, why not see what the folks at Tire Rack have to say about this.

PorscheG96

The tires aren't the same inside/outside. Look at the holes on the outer tread area...you should have two channels of holes on the outside and one on the inside if memory serves. The tread lines are z-shaped across the contact patch so it's not as critical to have them mounted the right way compared to directional or other asymetrical tires, but get them reinstalled CORRECTLY by the doofuses who fvcked up. Nothing wrong with knowing they're installed the right way...

On EDIT: <a href="http://www.tirerack.com/tires/images/yokohama/yo_avs_intermediate.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.tirerack.com/tires/images/yokohama/yo_avs_intermediate.jpg</a>

Here's an image from tirerack showing the two channels of 'holes' on the outside and single channel on the inside. Having more holes on the outside might aid grip on turn-in with wet weather, etc.