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different tires in the front than in the rear??

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Old 04-21-08, 02:05 PM
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well i can get an awesome deal on 2 pilot sport 275/30/19 (non ps2)

but they dont sell that tire in the size i need for the front..
225/35/19 or 235/35/19

would it be bad to run different tires in the front than in the back?
i would probably just get some toyo t1r for the front.. or something else thats max performance summer also

please help!!! thanks!
Old 04-21-08, 02:17 PM
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its fine if its from different manafacturers. Im nit picky on tires, so I want all tires to be the same make and model, thats just me.
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I think you will be fine
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different tires front and back just to save a few bucks? not necessarily bad for the car...but dude just get potenza re050 or toyo t1r and call it a day. no mickey mouse bullshiit around here
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^^ yea well im tryna save some money.. im in college and my parents arent gonna buy me new tires for the wheels i just bought.. when the ones i have now have tons of tread..

i planned on buying all new toyo t1r.. but i thought these pilot sports might be a little more sticky.. and if i can save a few hundered bucks.. then i figured why not..
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i understand the whole money saving thing but t1r are not expensive and i used to have them on my audi s6 and they were very sticky!

like michellin say "everything is riding on your tires" so that shouldnt be the place you look to cut corners. especially if you are looking for sticky tires (that implies frisky driving)...get the tires you like dont cut corners there
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