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Old Feb 7, 2011
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tire wear question.

i bought some Kelly all terrain tires i think they are dtr or something and they are good shape 2 have excellent tread but the other 2 arnt smooth i think the guys alignment was out and they wore weird.
is they any way i can make them back to smooth i dont care if its not perfect just not as rough ride.

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Old Feb 7, 2011
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it's called feathering. guy probably needed some new shocks.

best bet is to put them on the rear for awhile
 
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thats what i thought sounds good thanks guys i was just making sure they wernt crap haha
 
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yeah if they were mt's it's alittle harder to correct lol.

but yeah it's caused by lack of rotating and bad shocks
 
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they are kelly safari dtr
what does the dtr mean?
 
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look up kelly safari dtr


dtr is the "model" of the tire
 
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Old Feb 8, 2011
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Yeah proper rotating is a must in an A/T or M/T tire. I had the same problem in my tires. I had to actually switch the sides that the tires were riding on. Like I just did the diagonal pattern: front right to back left, front left to back right. Cleaned my tires right up.
 
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Its generally a good rule to Rotate Tires every other oil change. the insides of my summer beef wore like a hooker in a bathing suit but that was because i needed to re-slug my truck cause the BFGS sat out more than these did. I sold the tires and rims to my buddy and he put them in back and they cleaned right up.
 
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schweet
 
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