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Rotating Directional tires V70-XC70 1998

posted by  Dsides on  Tue Apr 23 07:52 CST 2002
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Folks-
I bought my 98 XC recently with 2 new directional tires on it. To make matters worse, I accidentally ordered 2 more directional tires. (They look symmetric on the TireRack website.) That is, I am stuck with 4 directionals unintentionally.

So, now I will have 4 directional tires on an AWD vehicle. When I was talking with the shop that will mount these for me, the guys says "Well, you can actually rotate directional tires from side to side (e.g. rear L to front R swap), but it requires remounting and rebalancing each time."

Yeah, okay. makes sense, but I wonder if it is worth it. Probably takes an extra $30-50 each time you rotate. What do you guys think? Is it worth it? I'm thinking probably not since these are $82 tires, warranteed for 45K miles.

Tell me your thoughts please!

By the way, the tires are Dunlop SP Sport A2's. From the reader rankings on the TireRack website, it looks like they are perform almost as well as the frequently lauded Bridgestone Potenza RE950, but with a slightly longer warrantee.

Dan






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