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Old 12-03-2007, 10:03 AM
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The guy at the tire shop suggested having them "flipped on the rim" every 10,000 miles. (They take the tire off of the rim, and turn it around so that what was on the inside is now on the outside, to even out the uneven wear caused by the negative camber.) Sounds like a good idea to me. Does anyone else have this done?

You can't flip them on the rim if they are asymmetric as tread pattern and sometimes composition is different across the tire.
The Diamaris is asymmetric - don't know about the Proxes.
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Old 12-03-2007, 10:08 AM
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The guy at the tire shop suggested having them "flipped on the rim" every 10,000 miles. (They take the tire off of the rim, and turn it around so that what was on the inside is now on the outside, to even out the uneven wear caused by the negative camber.) Sounds like a good idea to me. Does anyone else have this done?
if i remember correctly, the toyo's are unidirectional. i could be wrong, but i do not think u can do this w/ the toyo's.check ur tires, u should see arrows on the sidewall indicating the rolling direction.
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Old 12-03-2007, 10:14 AM
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if i remember correctly, the toyo's are unidirectional. i could be wrong, but i do not think u can do this w/ the toyo's.check ur tires, u should see arrows on the sidewall indicating the rolling direction.
Its if they are assymetric or not that matters whether or not you can flip them on the rim. You can (have to) flip unidirectionals on the rim.

Personally, if the tires were balanced well first time I would just bust buy new shoes when its time rather than trying to eke out the last few miles.
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Old 12-03-2007, 11:10 AM
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They are directional tires. If they flipped the tire on the wheel, it'd be so that they can rotate side to side, not just front-back. The LF would go to the RR, etc. Would combat any camber wear related issues.
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Old 12-03-2007, 11:13 AM
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If they can't be flipped on the same rim, could the left rear tire be moved to the right rear rim? They'd still be rolling in the same direction, but what was on the inside will now be on the outside.
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Old 12-03-2007, 11:15 AM
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If they can't be flipped on the same rim, could the left rear tire be moved to the right rear rim? They'd still be rolling in the same direction, but what was on the inside will now be on the outside.
They're flipping so that they can do that. If they swapped wheels like that without flipping the tire, the tire would be rolling backwards.
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Old 12-03-2007, 11:18 AM
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They're flipping so that they can do that. If they swapped wheels like that without flipping the tire, the tire would be rolling backwards.
I think you misunderstood what I said.

The rims are going to stay in the same spot. They would be moving the tire only. It would still be rolling in the same direction....
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Old 12-03-2007, 11:26 AM
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I think you misunderstood what I said.

The rims are going to stay in the same spot. They would be moving the tire only. It would still be rolling in the same direction....
It doesn't matter whether the wheels move or not. As long as the tire moves from left-right and is facing the right direction.
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Short(ish) generalized answer
- non-staggered, non-directional, symmetric can be rotated all round front and back without taking the tire off the wheel
- non-staggered, directional, symmetric can be rotated front to back on same side without taking the tire off the wheel
- staggered, non-directional, symmetric can be rotated left to right but not front to back without taking the tire off the wheel
- staggered, directional, symmetric can be rotated left to right but you need to re-mount the tires on the rims (inside out so to speak)
- staggered, directional, asymmetric can not be rotated

I think the Toyo Proxes are staggered, directional and assymetric (last one above) so you can't (or shouldn't) rotate them.
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Short(ish) generalized answer
- non-staggered, non-directional, symmetric can be rotated all round front and back without taking the tire off the wheel
- non-staggered, directional, symmetric can be rotated front to back on same side without taking the tire off the wheel
- staggered, non-directional, symmetric can be rotated left to right but not front to back without taking the tire off the wheel
- staggered, directional, symmetric can be rotated left to right but you need to re-mount the tires on the rims (inside out so to speak)
- staggered, directional, asymmetric can not be rotated

I think the Toyo Proxes are staggered, directional and assymetric (last one above) so you can't (or shouldn't) rotate them.
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