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[deadernie]

I've got a 96 V8 AWD Explorer. Since I've got it I've been searching the internet and local junkyards for a right hand pair of alloy wheels.

The directional pattern is correct on the driver's side but backwards on the passenger's side.

Why are these wheels so hard to find?

 

[rathrbcruisin]

:scratch: is this an april fools post?

 

[swshawaii]

^ Probably not. I agree it looks dorky and I've heard this complaint MANY times before.

I believe all the OEM "teardrop" wheels have the same directional pattern. No "passenger" side.

https://www.hollanderparts.com/used-auto-parts/1998/ford/explorer/wheels/560-wheel

 

[deadernie]

It is a April Fools post. But I also find it annoying that the pattern is different from one side to the other. I also get why it's not.

 

[1997XLTRollover]

The old Taurus SHO's had some years that in fact had a left and right wheel which was pretty cool. I think it was 89-93; 94-95 were non directional I believe, made in Canada where as the previous years made in Italy. Because I do agree it's annoying for people that notice lol.

 

[swshawaii]

^ No rotating unless you want to look dorky. Guess you could always dismount and remount to rotate. Sounds like a PITA.

 

[SWIGIN]

I was taught that radial tires go front to back when rotating so left and right directional wheels doesn't matter.

 

[swshawaii]

I was taught that radial tires go front to back when rotating so left and right directional wheels doesn't matter.

Huh? :scratch:
https://www.google.com/search?q=rad...ved=0ahUKEwjemYPBz-7LAhVS7mMKHdOtBY0Q_AUIBygB

 

[429CJ-3X2]

I was taught that radial tires go front to back when rotating so left and right directional wheels doesn't matter.

That's what I remember from back when radials first came out.

 

[pjtoledo]

I've got a 96 V8 AWD Explorer. Since I've got it I've been searching the internet and local junkyards for a right hand pair of alloy wheels.

The directional pattern is correct on the driver's side but backwards on the passenger's side.

Why are these wheels so hard to find?

not hard to find at all.
send me some money, I'll see to it you get what you need.

 

[Flash]

The old Taurus SHO's had some years that in fact had a left and right wheel which was pretty cool. I think it was 89-93; 94-95 were non directional I believe, made in Canada where as the previous years made in Italy. Because I do agree it's annoying for people that notice lol.

Then you'd have some dope putting them on every which way.

Remember the pre 70s Valiants had left hand lug nuts on one side?

 

[Flash]

That's what I remember from back when radials first came out.

Yep.

As an experiment swap your 2 front tyres over side to side to see how your car tracks.

 

[Flash]

I've got a 96 V8 AWD Explorer. Since I've got it I've been searching the internet and local junkyards for a right hand pair of alloy wheels.

The directional pattern is correct on the driver's side but backwards on the passenger's side.

Why are these wheels so hard to find?

In Australia we got all 4 wheels facing the other way.
You'd think they could have mixed and matched and given us all a set of wheels that faced the right way.

 

[swshawaii]

I was taught that radial tires go front to back when rotating so left and right directional wheels doesn't matter.

Apoligies SWIGIN, I missed the key word in your reply. NON directional tires switch sides when rotated.

 

[shucker1]

In Australia everything faces the other way!

That's why I love that place so much!

LOL

 

[1997XLTRollover]

I always swap front to back and never had any issues. Hell my mustang has directional tires and staggered too. I never rotate those bad boys haha tires actually wear really well too. Apart from having to change 2 or 3 rear pairs before the fronts. Never figured that one out....

 

[koda2000]

That's what I remember from back when radials first came out.

I was taught the same thing, but apparently the current thinking is that it doesn't matter. I now cross front to back with no ill effects.

 

[Flash]

I was taught the same thing, but apparently the current thinking is that it doesn't matter. I now cross front to back with no ill effects.

Front to back is ok, it's side to side that's the problem.

 

[Stick4503]

I just jack mine up one wheel at a time and rotate the bottom to the top and top to the bottom. I alternate between clockwise and counterclockwise each time as well. That way I never get a flat spot on the bottom.