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Old May 4, 2005 | 08:21 PM
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Which way kumho tires go on rim, have pics please help

so which way do the tires go? on my pirelli's it had on one said "inner".. on these both sides are identical . only thing different are the ways in which the treads go.
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Old May 4, 2005 | 08:22 PM
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other veiw number 2
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Old May 4, 2005 | 08:26 PM
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that would be number two sir
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Old May 4, 2005 | 08:29 PM
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thank you very much.
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Old May 4, 2005 | 08:54 PM
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Yeah, normally the tread has to follow the downward forward motion. I had similar tires on my buddy's BMW, he mounted them himself and reversed the treads. After he wore them out, he realized they were backward because right on the sidewall it had an arrow showing which way the motion was going.
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Old May 4, 2005 | 09:55 PM
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Don't the tires say the rotation direction?
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Old May 4, 2005 | 11:20 PM
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Originally posted by ME Leigh
Don't the tires say the rotation direction?
Yes, they even have directional arrows on the sidewall.

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Old May 5, 2005 | 03:12 PM
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i run those same tires,they are bad ***...oh and # 2 for sure
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Old May 5, 2005 | 03:41 PM
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wups yeah the arrows were hidden on me. I can't belive i missed them but the guy who mounted them for me pointed them out.
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Old May 5, 2005 | 03:56 PM
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Are those MX's? I'm looking at a set of MX's in 275/40R18 and 245/45R17 whenever I wear out these $1300 Eagle F1s Lucky the rims came with half-decent tires on them..
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Old May 5, 2005 | 04:21 PM
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Those aren't MX's. They look like 711's but they could be 712's, i'm not up on my tire tread patterns. I'm getting the same as you soon Duron, for my C5 rims
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Old May 5, 2005 | 05:37 PM
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I know they aren't 712's, They had a bit more aggressive-looking tread pattern (I had a set of those). I suppose they could be 711s.
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Old May 5, 2005 | 05:48 PM
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their kumho ecsta mx's
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Old May 6, 2005 | 01:34 AM
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**** now that i look closer they are, i'm retarted!
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Old May 6, 2005 | 03:40 AM
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Do you need help mounting them also? lol jk
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Old May 6, 2005 | 12:39 PM
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no doubt mx's
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Old May 6, 2005 | 09:21 PM
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spdfrks dream list
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Old May 6, 2005 | 09:25 PM
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I think u mean your dream list a little more like reality for me .
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Old May 6, 2005 | 09:29 PM
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I think any v8 right now is a dream for me
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