Asymmetric Tyres

[insider]

I recently had 4 new tyres fitted which were the asymmetric tread pattern type. However, the next day I noticed that the incompetent tyre fitters had fitted 3 out of the 4 the wrong way round! Needless to say I took the car straight back and they corrected their mistake. I don't know what the consequences would have been if I hadn't noticed, having read the warnings given by Dunlop - http://www.dunloptyres.co.uk/ourTyres/car/...icalInformation.

 

If you have asymmetric tyres fitted to your car or ever have them fitted in future, please ensure that the sidewall marking "OUTSIDE" is on the outside of the wheel. I had them fitted at an independent tyre fitting garage but I would still expect more from someone whose day-to-day business is (supposedly) fitting tyres correctly. It seems I'm not alone:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpo...amp;postcount=1

http://www.fordedgeforum.com/lofiversion/i....php?t2089.html

 

I wonder how many people are out there, unaware that their tyres are incorrectly fitted and travelling above 50mph? It seems we can't always trust the MOT test to pick it up either.

[jkspoff]

Name and shame them please !

[SEMPTIE]

I have Toyo Proxes tyres fitted to my Gal which are directional and on them they are marked Left & Right on each tyre. Obviously then on the nearside of the car they should have left on the outside right on the inside, and vice versa on the offside. Just to confuse the issue.

[sparky Paul]

I had them fitted at an independent tyre fitting garage but I would still expect more from someone whose day-to-day business is (supposedly) fitting tyres correctly.

 

Well, you would expect them to be able to read, at least. :wacko:

 

 

Not quite so bad, but the only bad experience I ever had was with one of the big tyre fitting/car spares chains. Quoted me over the phone for V-rated tyres for a big V6 Omega, OH took the car in and came home with two nice new H-rated tyres, and a receipt for V-rated tyres. I was not best pleased with them, but they asked me to go straight back and they would rectify the problem.

 

When I got there... "Errr... we've only got one V-rated in stock. We can get another one this afternoon." Great... another 10 miles back home, and another journey into town later. Perhaps I had found the reason for the H-rated tyres...

 

Third visit, and the correct tyres were fitted. Wheel balance was appalling.

 

Fourth visit for another attempt at balancing. Balanced better, but not perfect. Then I noticed the amount of lead on the wheels... they hadn't even bothered to remove the old weights to re-balance the wheels, and had simply added more lead at the opposite side, cancelling most of the original balance weight out. There was nearly half a pound of lead on one of the wheels, most of it totally unnecessary.

 

I gave in. Never again...

Edited October 1, 2008 by sparky Paul