I know not front to back , but from side to side? Is there a benefit to doing this or can you?

Most performance tires are directional too

Yeah I didn't think you could do that at all.

If you are running the original Goodyear Runflats you can not rotate them side to side unless you took them off their rims and remounted them flipped over. Look at the arrows on their sidewalls, rotation is directional................

You can do it but it is HIGHLY advisable not to though because of the tread grooves. They are set up to displace water away from the tire contact patch. If you swap sides with them the grooves force water under the tire instead of away from it (hence the UNI-DIRECTIONAL ARROWS as mention previously) and you will hydroplane like a fool in the least amount of water. And a fool and his vette are soon parted, not necessarily in a good way either.

I am on my second set of Michelin ZPs and although they are directional, the tread pattern is identical...at least on the Michelins there is no difference between left and right for water displacement. Not sure about other makes like the Gatorbacks.

I got 40,000 miles out of the front set without rotating, but the rears only give me about 25,000due to wearing out slightly off center. If they wore out in the center that would be overinflation, wearing out the outsides would be unnderinflation...but these cup out 1/3 of the way from the outside of the tire.

So I plan on rotating the rear tires side to side but keeping the correct rotational direction to see if I can squeeze another 10,000 miles out of them.

And I have had the car checked 10 ways from Sunday to find out why the rears wear out off center and the Chevy gurus say..."it's just what happens." Brilliant...all that GM edumacation is paying off! lol

I don't race my C5, I drive it every day and don't burn out, but I do live in the country and have some sweet twisty roads to negotiate on the way to work and home everyday! :driving:

The tread pattern is certainly important for wet surfaces but let's not forget that even a treadless tire (slick) is uni directional. There is a very good chance that rotating the tire in the wrong direction under the stress of the cars weight and speed will cause the belts inside he rubber to deform and come apart. This would cause a catastophic failure and would almost certainly tear up your car too. These tires are designed to go in 1 direction at speed. Left to right? Sure if you want to remount them on the rims each time.

The tread pattern is certainly important for wet surfaces but let's not forget that even a treadless tire (slick) is uni directional. There is a very good chance that rotating the tire in the wrong direction under the stress of the cars weight and speed will cause the belts inside he rubber to deform and come apart. This would cause a catastophic failure and would almost certainly tear up your car too. These tires are designed to go in 1 direction at speed. Left to right? Sure if you want to remount them on the rims each time.

The tread pattern is certainly important for wet surfaces but let's not forget that even a treadless tire (slick) is uni directional. There is a very good chance that rotating the tire in the wrong direction under the stress of the cars weight and speed will cause the belts inside he rubber to deform and come apart. This would cause a catastophic failure and would almost certainly tear up your car too. These tires are designed to go in 1 direction at speed. Left to right? Sure if you want to remount them on the rims each time.

Very true.

Most performance tires are directional too

Yeah I didn't think you could do that at all.

:iagree: Your not supposed to rotate staggered directional tires.

Very true.

Where I buy my Michelins, rotation is free for the life of the tire. And since these tires are directional, they dismount/remount/rebalance for nada!

Disclaimer: Never change the direction of a directional tire for those new to the game.