why are the Procomp X'treme A/T directional... the tread pattern seems to be the same both ways?!?!

also why are tires directional??? what would be the problem if you did flip them around backwards... cuz i've seen people do it?!?!

 

Manufacturers make directional tires to increase tire performance. That is the only reason they are made.

 

hum... what if you didnt relaly care for performance and you drove street mainly.. would it hurt the tires to turn them around?

 

If you look at my tires are backwards. I take them off for winter and put them back on for summer. I realized it after I took the pictures. There going in the right direction now. Procomp x-treme AT

 

yes it will hurt.... they are designed to push water away from the center of the tire, if you have them backwards it pulls water under the tire which means you will most certainly be hydroplaning.
-Patrick

 

If you relaly didn't care about how your tries handel why did you buy directionsals? Usually they are muhc more in cost than 'normel' tires, unless the were on sael.

Usualy undar wet condionts, tires will chnael water outwerds. Would it mater to perfromanec if thye channeld watter to the innar portoin of the trie? I would go on a limbe hear to say keep them on rite, perforamnce or not.

 

I agree.

 

Definitely...

 

Sorry for bringing back an old post, but it's relevant to my situation. I'm running the pro comp extreme at's and am at my wits end with these tires. There cupping and after getting a new set of bilsteins and rotating every 2000, there still cupping. So I was wondering if running em backwards would help correct it. Or is it probably hopeless?

 

How wide are your tires and what is the wheel width?

 

Cupping is a sign of an out of alignment condition. Get the vehicle aligned.

 

315/75/16 on a 16x10

 

I've thought about that but they were wearing like a dream when I had fresh shocks on the truck and then the tires when downhill fast once the el cheapo fabtech shocks gave it up. The back tires cup equally as bad as the front it seems

 

Assuming all of your suspension parts (ball joints, tie rod ends, etc) are good, yes cupping can occur in the rear with a bad alignment. Have you ever seen a vehicle crabbing down the highway? I especially see this on older Chevy trucks.

 

I have seen that, I've seen it with a lot of vehicles that have been wrecked and fixed half a$$. And maybe I'm not using the right terminology when I say cupping. My tires are like waving to where the truck bounces at certain speeds.

Im just wanting to see if anyone else has experienced this and what you can do to fix it. I've thought about running them backwards but I'm worried cuz there directional.