directional/non-directional tires

juddandsarah · Post by **juddandsarah** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:34 am

Does anyone know of a website or other resource I can look up to see if specific tires are directional or non-directional.

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:08 am

Welcome to Genvibe! You can usually tell by looking at their pics of the tire tread.Directional (my favorite tires - Falken Ziex ZE-512): Non-Directional (my Vibe's oem tires Continental Touring CH95):

Atomb · Post by **Atomb** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:35 am

the sidewall of the tire will also have an arrow pointing in the direction of travel...so if you can get to a tire shop...you can see firsthand.

lextrix · Post by **lextrix** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 3:37 am

http://www.tirerack.com

Man of Steel · Post by **Man of Steel** » Fri May 05, 2006 12:07 pm

I know everybody likes the directional tires but my problem with them is that you can't criss cross them. Before everybody getson my case, I realize the owners manual says not to do that but I'm willing to bet that if you don't, the tires on the passenger side will wear faster. I'll take my chances with non directional tires and criss cross them. I have Eagle RS-A's. I'm only at 15K miles so far but I think I'll get more balance wear this way. Plenty of good non directional tires are out there.

directional/non-directional tires

directional/non-directional tires

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