Now that I've read about, and am experiencing first hand, the quick wearout of our hyper-expensive rear tires, I'm wondering if anyone has had worthwhile results swapping the rears. It would seem to me this should result in more even wear, due to the negative camber inside half wear pattern, and maybe squeeze another 25% of life out of them.

My Yoko AVS's are out 6k miles and those inside edges look to have another 3k in them. If I could swap them and get another 6k without any wheel damage or handling ill effects, it would seem to be worth the hassle of the dismount and remount & balance!

 

Most tire applications have an inside and an outside to the tire which will prevent doing so, I know your AVS is a directional, I am not familiar with the AVS so I dont know, speak to Tirerack for advice.

 

Good point, my AVS's are probably unique in the max-performance catagory being unidirectional but with a symetrical tread.

 

I would check with Yokohama to be sure but the AVS sport appears to have uniform belt construction across the width of the tire. There does not appear to be a specific "outside" edge even though the tire is directional.

Yoko AVS sport

If this is the case, you could flop the left and right rears and get a little extra wear out of them (but you would have to remount the tires on the rims to keep the direction proper).

Other tires such as the Pirelli P-Zero Rosso and Michelin Pilot Sport Cup are asymmetric, but they were designed with a specific outside edge. This provides the benefit of being able to swap wheels from left to right without having to remount tires; however, the outside edge will always be on the outside.