01-30-2010, 03:56 AM
I think you are OK as long as you don't mix radial and bias ply tires, and keep the tires paired front and rear. (You aren't likely to find bias ply tires anyway these days.)
Almost by definition tires will differ front and rear, as they experience different wear patterns, particularly on front wheel drive cars. Some fancy cars even come with different front and rear tires.
You don't want them to differ side to side (i.e. two different front tires or two different rear tires) as the car might steer or brake unpredictably. However auto makers don't seem to be unduly concerned about this, at least for short distances, given all the cars now sold with compact spare tires...
Good luck.
- Winston
Almost by definition tires will differ front and rear, as they experience different wear patterns, particularly on front wheel drive cars. Some fancy cars even come with different front and rear tires.
You don't want them to differ side to side (i.e. two different front tires or two different rear tires) as the car might steer or brake unpredictably. However auto makers don't seem to be unduly concerned about this, at least for short distances, given all the cars now sold with compact spare tires...
Good luck.
- Winston