New tyre question

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Giarc86

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I am needing to get 2 new front tyres for my car. I currently have ContiSportContact 5's (205/45/17) which I find very noisy.

What I want to know is can I get 2 different brand of tyres for the front and leave the good Continentals on the back? Once the back have worn down I will replace them with the same brand as the front. I know most would say never mix tyres but just wondering if anyone has done this or what would the risks be?

Thanks
 
PseudZ said:
I am needing to get 2 new front tyres for my car. I currently have ContiSportContact 5's (205/45/17) which I find very noisy.

What I want to know is can I get 2 different brand of tyres for the front and leave the good Continentals on the back? Once the back have worn down I will replace them with the same brand as the front. I know most would say never mix tyres but just wondering if anyone has done this or what would the risks be?

Thanks
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No problem, the back tyres are the same pair as well as the front. Which ones are your driven wheels?
 
pinball wizard said:
The rule is always same tread pattern on the same axle.
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I agree with this ... the different thread patterns have different rolling resistance. Having the same thread pattern on the axle also eases other undue stresses.

I've had different thread patterns on a set of front and back wheels but same tyre on the same axle. The only issue I had was that the grip levels were different. The front set was more grippy than the rear set and under pressure the back set tended to loose grip from time to time, especially cornering when wet. Drive wheels were at the front.
 
thechamp said:
No problem, the back tyres are the same pair as well as the front. Which ones are your driven wheels?
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It is front wheel drive.

Sinbad said:
New tyres have more grip.
More grip on the back = less chance of oversteer. Most people are not equipped to drive a car with oversteer.
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I want to put the new ones on the front as the noise from the contis is quite loud. Hoping the new tyres won't be as bad.
 
I have sportcontact5s on my SLK, have to say they've never struck me as noisy.
 
I realise that the tyre manufacturers all recommend new tyres to the back, but I feel better with the better tyre on the front.

I have a front wheel drive car at present, but I have felt the same with rear wheel drive and with rear engined cars.

I prefer the front wheels to go where I point them, the rear swinging out I can handle the front ploughing on because of lack of grip, I can't.
 
Sinbad said:
Even on a FWD. Unexpected snap oversteer is a killer.
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In a reputable modern (post 2000) FWD car you have to be quite aggressive with throttle lift-off mid-corner to get the back out.
Average Joe will rather understeer into a corner by misjudging entry speed. I'll rather put new tyres at the front in fwd car.

Worn tyres are more prone to road noise than new tyres. Did they worn unevenly?
 
A3@MBB said:
In a reputable modern (post 2000) FWD car you have to be quite aggressive with throttle lift-off mid-corner to get the back out.
Average Joe will rather understeer into a corner by misjudging entry speed. I'll rather put new tyres at the front in fwd car.

Worn tyres are more prone to road noise than new tyres. Did they worn unevenly?
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True, I've seen it being tried on the motoring shows, getting a FWD car to oversteer is hard.
 
thechamp said:
True, I've seen it being tried on the motoring shows, getting a FWD car to oversteer is hard.
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Until you have less grip on the back .... ;)

[video=youtube;rghhO0OZIfY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rghhO0OZIfY[/video]
 
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