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Originally Posted by Donunder
Could the markings be down to something as simple as this?
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You've been politely told by owners of these tires what and why. You've been given the link to a major distributor of them which explains how they should be mounted. He got that information from his supplier, GoodYear.
The tire treads are NOT directional-it's the way the plies are set into the mold that G'Year specifies the mount location on the chassis. That's what being called 'directional'-the plies. Got that??
And a retailer will mark them as such as a courtesy to his customers. Jim has explained why this batch, coming direct from G'Year does not have the paint marks you are so loathe to trust. Failing paint marks, G'Year specifies that
the tire serial number determines where they're placed. (As shown in my PDF). No mystery involved.
At least eight guys on this thread have
bought them (unlike you) and every one will mount them in the specified direction. For several this is
NOT their first set.
Since you apparently determined you can't believe any of us, please go away and buy any set of tires you deem wise and mount them in any direction you please.
Don't pose a question and then question the answers without your own experience, or having spent any money. Displaying cleverness in the face of experience is lame-we already have one of those.
If you truly don't care one way or another, come here less often-apparently we don't know enough for you.
