Ben, I had those tires on my 92 Elantra, the maintenance docs and pamphlets I got with them went with the car when I traded it. But the dealer and the docs were quite specific back then, but meanwhile, either recently, or through contradiction back then even, the Dunlop website advertises them as non-directional, or whatever. Meaning, swap sides if you like, I guess. But I definately read it on the pamphlets they gave me, and was advised by the dealer to observe the no-flop rule.
MEANWHILE, the sipes are arranged in a certain direction, and would be reversed if the tires were moved to the other side of the car. Would this set up problems? Who knows? I'm certainly not going to argue one way or the other, but on these little roller skates I drive, the wear issues aren't side-to-side, but rather front to back, so *I* would flop em front-back, back-front.
I wouldn't lose sleep over it, BenJamm. It would make little difference in wear (assuming you don't have pulling issues) to not flop sides. The critical thing IS to rotate them off the fronts, however, they wear a LOT faster on the front, obviously.
JHZ, I coulda cried when I thought about it later, I barely had 10K on mine when I traded that car, and the little nibs were still on the treads, they were wearing so purely. I should have made it a condition of the purchase to have them installed on the new car. The MPT24 Interstate battery, too.. Ack!!!
They auction their trades in Mexico, I understand.
