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Goodyear eagle f1

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karl210:
That wont work, all 4 tyres obviously have exactly the same tread on so one side will be different to the other. I'll see if i can post an example pic up later

karl210:

If you imagine that wheel is on the drivers side of the car and the car is facing away from you, if you look on the inside edge of the tyre you see the tread from the outside goes towards the middle of the tyre and forwards which is correct for dispersing water.



Now imagine the car facing towards you and the wheel is on the passenger side, the tread that goes from the inside edge to the middle now goes backwards instead of forwards, surely this is bad because it wont be able to disperse water? Or am i  :stupid:

Chris01:
That's right, if installed correctly, asymmetrical tyres will have their treads facing opposite directions when talking about the same axis, i.e front wheels. This does seem weird but all asymmetrical tyres should look like this when on a car. In the F1s it's easier to notice because of the design of the water grooves that go up until the tyre's profile.

Apparently it's the inner and outer side of the tread that plays the important part and not the direction of the grooves which are opposite by definition in all asymmetricals.
This is also why you can swap them in any place you want to as long as you keep the in side/out side arrangement, unlike directional tyres.

karl210:
Ahh i get what your trying to say now. Just seems really weird to me. Will report back when i hit some standing water, if you dont hear from me, dont go asymmetrical haha.

Chris01:
 :signLOL: just keep in mind that those get great reviews in both wet and dry but they have low aquaplaning resistance, so don't hit that puddle too hard!  :laugh:

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