Spiffyjiff

driving on 19's, b-stone RE050A's, 4-5 DE's a year. the track i mainly go to has 7 right turns but only 3 lefts (and by comparison, the left hander's are not really as aggressive as the right's). obviously my left front tire - esp the outside edge - is getting toasted faster than the right.

as long as i dont drive/track in the rain or wet, is it possible to switch left to right to even out the wear? if so, how does it affect handling? what are the downsides?

Edgy01

I've heard for many years that you shouldn't swap these steel belted radials from left to right or vice versa because once they are 'set' (the cords, that is) they shouldn't be then rotated for opposite rotation duty,--the cords will attempt to reset to the new direction they are turning and the migration of the cords within the tire (however slight) may result in premature failure.

I would talk to a real tire guy. Call Bridgestone.

OldGuy

PM damon@tirerack

I thought our tires are directional

Fahrer

I wouldn't think that the tire would fail but I imagine you could have some strange handling behavior.

medtech

It's probably not an issue, although the manual says you should not rotate/cross swap at all.

jhbrennan

Directional if there are rotation arrows on the tire. The RE050A are asymmetrical and should say "outside" on the tire and they can be swapped side to side...except maybe for the reasons Dan mentioned above.