Heyou

Through bad geometry settings and i'm sure using too much steering inout from me when it's not needed, i've prematurely scrubbed the outside corners off a new front set of Pirelli P-Zero Corsas. I've got the geometry set correctly now but before i take it back to the track i wondered if i could salvage some of the wear otherwise the tyres are going to be useless if i continue to use them as they are.

Could i simply swap the left and right tyres to the opposite side of the car, still keeping them in the same plane and the rotation of each tyre will stay the same. That's NOT turning the tyre on the same rim but swapping sides of the car.

The tyres are asymmetric and rotational, but as i'd only use them for dry track days i wondered if this would be OK? Obviously they're no longer being used as designed and as the tread pattern is different the grip levels would change but would it be dangerous?

here's a pic the scrubbed tyre.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/derrick...es%20009-s.jpg

cheers

Del.

Lemming

Flip the tires on the same rim and run them backwards, that's the only way to get the outsides to become insides. Of course, it's not advisable to run them in this configuration in the rain. If it does rain and you still have tread, just swap them left for right and you will have the tire going in the correct direction.

Dave in Chicago

Toyo specifically recommends the "flip it on the rim" to even out wear. Same caution on rain applies, but I've done it with every set of tires that has been used at the track thus far.

Heyou

Thanks for clearing that up

I imagined that i'd have to keep the rotation of the tyre the same.. and flipping them on the same rim would have reversed that and would have been a bad thing. But the rotation marked on the tyre is presumably just to keep the tread pattern going in the correct direction for rain.

cheers

Del.