Hey All,
I went to rotate my the tires on my girlfriend's car, and I noticed the tires on the driver's side of her car say "left" and as you can predict, the tires on the passenger side say "right."

I've never owned any tires that call out which side of the vehicle they are supposed to be on. Can I still rotate them? What pattern should I use?


Thanks for the help

 

Yes, just rotate them from front to back on the same side. Some tires say left and right, others just have arrows.

 

Those are called DIRECTIONAL tires . Due to the tread pattern (usually) and/or something with the design, as decided by the manufacturer, they must be rotated in one direction only. So, as was just stated, swap the fronts to the rears, and vice versa, and call it a day .

Tires that can be rotated on all 4 corners are called "asymmetrical".

 

Im pretty sure if you look on the inside sidewall of the tire they say the opposite. Its just a directional thing instead of using arrows, probably easier actually.

 

To rotate directional tires to the other side you'll have to get them unmounted and flipped so they are mounted correctly.