The Nissan Path

Hello new guy here... So I bought new tires for my 07 and wanted the black out so no more white lettering facing out. I told the tire guy this and he tells me yeah no problem. BTW I bought the BF Goodrich long trail ta tires. I go pick up my truck and the white lettering is facing out. He now tells me oh yeah those tires need to be installed white side out. I'm not a tire expert at all, all I knew is I wanted all black rubber so I went with what he told me. I'm not happy at all, what would you all do?

sounds like crap... if they were directional tires, (which can only be installed on the rim facing one way) they would have to have white on both sides because one side would be facing out on the left side of the vehicle and the other on the right.. I would have hit the ceiling, threatened to call PD, and told him to show me where it says that those tires can only go on that way..

I was searching for some pictures to help you tell if they are directional or not.. here's a good explanation of what they are and how they work, but again, your tire tech sounds like he's feeding you crap

http://www.barrystiretech.com/direction ... tires.html

Edit: I found two types of BF Goodrich Long Trail T/A tires.

One is blackwall: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp ... =Blackwall


One is white: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp ... %20Letters



So maybe he's right.

I got my white walls out and I like it!, its just dirty in my sig.

The tire store always asks me; they work either way.

Most tires are bi-directional meaning the tread pattern will work the same in both directions. Some tires are unidirectional; this is usually performance tires that have things like solid cornering blocks on the outer shoulder and wet traction tread on the inside.

The tread looks bidirectional on the BFG's and I'd be really surprised if they're not. I seem to remember mine having the black labels on one side, white on the other just like most bidirectional tires.

Thanks to everyone that gave me some feedback. To clear it up a bit these tire actually say on the white wall side "This Side Out". I don't mind the white but really wanted a change with the black out, the garage assured me these could be mounted black out. I'm now in phone tag mode with the customer service people I hope they can help.

So the place I bought the tires from will exchange them for the proper tires with the black out. Has anyone used these tires BFG Rugged Trail T/A ? Are the mountable black side out?

Cheers!