Mounting Asymetrical Tires
 

How are asymmetrical tires mounted? The sidewalls have INSIDE and OUTSIDE written on them. Since they don't have dedicated left and right, wouldn't one side be mounted backwards if they are all mounted with sidewall facing OUTSIDE? Or it's meant to be like that?

Here's an image i just made.

http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/...eevitup/gr.jpg

Notice how the passenger side's half V helps dissipate water, but the driver side is drawing in water.
Did some research, some say it doesn't matter what the tread pattern looks like, as long as the sidewall where it says OUTSIDE is indeed, facing outside.


What do you guys think?? lol

The side labelled OUTSIDE means they have to be facing the outside of the vehicle after they've been mounted.
As your car moves forward, all the wheels spin a certain way. There's an arrow on the tires showing the direction of spin to help you figure this out.

The 2 tires on the left...are ALWAYS on the left.
The 2 tires on the right...are ALWAYS on the right.
When I had asymmetrical tires, my rear tires were always 1"+ wider because of staggered rims, so I couldn't do a rotation anyways.

I wont worry too much about the tread pattern. I'm pretty sure the designers have that figured out.

I've always wondered about this too since I saw the vredestein ultrac sessanta ads
http://www.oakvillemotorwerks.com/sh...ondary/815.jpg

What tires are you looking at or are you asking in general?
Tires that are directional have tread patterns that benefit from going a certain direction.
Asymetrical tires generally have tread patterns that can run either directions but will have some difference in either the tire carcus or tread so that one side has to be run on the inside.

An example of this is the Falken Azenis RT-615's. They have the big blocky tread and supposedly stiffer sidewalls on the outside to improve cornering.

The tires i have are just asymmetrical, not directional. So yeah, i'd end up with a backwards half V on one side, unless i mount one side with "INSIDE" facing outside the vehicle.

They are winter tires, Goodride SW601 lol.

Guess i'll just mount them all with sidewall "OUTSIDE" facing outside regardless of how it looks like it will draw in water instead of dissipating it lol.

Someone's gonna be like "hahaha you mounted your tires backwards" and i'd be like "eff you, sidewall says outside nub" LOL

The tire you are talking about is quite similar to my example about the Falkin Azenis RT-615's.

In your case, according to their description, the inside tread is designed to work really well in snow and icy conditions. The outside block design of the tread is probably designed to improve handling.

I wouldn't worry too much about the tread drawing in water because as you are rolling down the road, a certain point of the tire is only making contact with the road for a fraction of a second and even less if you are going faster. The key is to have enough grove for the water to dissapate at that instance instead of the tire sitting on top of the water.