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ronin350 said:
I need new rear tyes on my Tuscan and was think of getting a differant make than is on the front(ive got TOYO,s on it at the moment,can youy mix tyre makes or will i t be a headache,thanks.
Mixing tyres front/rear is absolutely fine - can be useful for getting the right dynamics out of a car for that last 1-2% of handling. Just don't do it side to side.
Don't do it without specific advice.
To suggest that its ok to mix front and rears isn't good advice without knowing the details of tyre. Its about more than correct size, black and round with the correct speeed rating. Get it wrong, and you can enhance the cars abilty as a lethal weapon.
To suggest that its ok to mix front and rears isn't good advice without knowing the details of tyre. Its about more than correct size, black and round with the correct speeed rating. Get it wrong, and you can enhance the cars abilty as a lethal weapon.
Yeah... should've probably added to the post "but switching them at random can have an adverse effect". To be honest, the characteristics of most of the usual top tyres are fairly similar unless you're really on the limit - I'm running 2x Proxes and 2x SO3s on the Tuscan (until I totally wear out the rears) - the difference is perceptible, but nothing worrying. Went through half a dozen combinations on the Elise before I was totally happy. None took more than a few percent off the handling off it, though.
However, did have 4 totally different tyres on the Cerb when I first got that... it was undriveable above 60-70ish.
However, did have 4 totally different tyres on the Cerb when I first got that... it was undriveable above 60-70ish.
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