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Directional tyres on FWD


Voyager2021
11-06-2020, 12:45 PM
Newbie here. Hello folks. A quick query about same-size directional tyres. I have an oldish 2000s VW Golf.

On the outer sidewall of my two studded winter tyres, there's the forward-rotation mark, and the other two tyres show a backwards-rotation mark.

Do I install both forward-rotation marked tyres on the front axle, and the backwards-rotation marked tyres on the rear axle?

Please help. A bit confused here.

aleekat
11-06-2020, 01:19 PM
The directional arrows need to point to the front of the car. Sounds like yours on the back need to be swapped.
https://www.lesschwab.com/article/what-are-directional-tires.html

Voyager2021
11-06-2020, 02:13 PM
The directional arrows need to point to the front of the car. Sounds like yours on the back need to be swapped.
https://www.lesschwab.com/article/what-are-directional-tires.html

Cheers, aleekat, I mixed them up in the dark during installation. Will swap the rear ones over so that they're both facing forwards.

Thanks again. Cleared things up!

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