as per title really as i need to replace the fronts soon and as theres more of a selection at 225 was wondering as long as the profile is the same would it matter?

cheers

As long as you are the same on each axle then you are fine, may look a little strange till your backs get changed though

Maybe worth rotating your 205's to the front and fitting the 225's to the back?

Best two tyres should be on the rear axle regardless of front/rear drive;) Just ask Michelin

HTH

Phil

Please not this debate again!

Yes, its legal. I agree though, best tyres should be on the back.

more interested in making sure there would be no massively dangerous handling characteristics or anything that may affect the car.

Personally Id dig deep and get the lot swapped, always good to have the same brand of tyres on a car.

ive got practically new sport contacts on the back and front but the front are a little worse for wear shall we say, so theres no point in me doing all 4 at once.

I agree though, best tyres should be on the back.

I've often heard this, but what is the reasoning? Doesn't make a lot of sense to me frankly on a fwd car - front tyres do all the work, rears hold the rims off the ground... :confused:

Go round a corner fast with crap rear tyres, your gona go backwards into a tree

Go round a corner fast with crap front tyres, your going to see the tree your going to hit

I've often heard this, but what is the reasoning? Doesn't make a lot of sense to me frankly on a fwd car - front tyres do all the work, rears hold the rims off the ground... :confused:

I kind of agree bud, I don't understand that theory too, but I'd stick the new 225's on the rear and scrub your old 205's down on the front then replace them with more 225's:thumbup:

My rear 225/45/17's have been on for 25k and have $hit loads still on them (4-5mm)....fronts are a slightly different story however as I get threw them every 6-7k typically:eek: :eek:

Go round a corner fast with crap rear tyres, your gona go backwards into a tree

Go round a corner fast with crap front tyres, your going to see the tree your going to hit

Either way your goin for a $hit!!:eek:

as per title really as i need to replace the fronts soon and as theres more of a selection at 225 was wondering as long as the profile is the same would it matter?

cheers

Profile should be lower on wider tyres to keep same rolling radius.

I've often heard this, but what is the reasoning? Doesn't make a lot of sense to me frankly on a fwd car - front tyres do all the work, rears hold the rims off the ground... :confused:

An extreme example was one winter when I had worn down two of a set of four studded snow tyres - so I only had two left, which I put on the front (FWD car).

1st night out I went around a sharp corner and the back end came sideways on so fast there was nothing I could do. I was dead lucky not to hit anything. The next day I went and got another two studded tyres.

Studded tyres in the UK, blimey!

Studded tyres in the UK, blimey!

Aye, lad. Oop Narth, approx 10 years ago, used to get nasty stuff often. Used to private-hire in some pretty hilly country.

Other drivers used to scoff at me - who was the one who never got stuck, never crashed, got around pretty quickly

New tyres always go to the back. Its when your driving on or near the limit you will then get a bit of understeer which can be corrected by easying off. With new tyres on the front and worn on the rear if the back starts to come around usually its so quick your then just there for the ride. . And if there is a car coming the other way you will collect them too. Understeer is easier to correct and get away with.

I think everyone should have lessons in the wet in a Mk1 Capri, then you wouldn't have to worry about minor things like the tail coming out cause it'll always be out! And its good fun. But I'm old and grown up now so got a 4x4

I think everyone should have lessons in the wet in a Mk1 Capri, then you wouldn't have to worry about minor things like the tail coming out cause it'll always be out! And its good fun. But I'm old and grown up now so got a 4x4

LOL absolutely agree

If the tyres on the back are bad enough to be letting go on a fwd car, then they shouldn't be on there at all... "more tread" or "newer" doesn't mean "better" by a long stretch.

I'm sticking with keeping the "better" tyres on the front which have twice as much work to do, depending on the tyres that may mean old ones, or new ones - I detest understeer with a passion.

But its a fair bit easier to correct over steer on a RWD car, not so easy on a FWD.

If you have a mix of different sized tyres, what size spare do you carry? Do you have to carry 2 spares?

But its a fair bit easier to correct over steer on a RWD car, not so easy on a FWD.

you need more space, granted.. but you've also got to be making a proper effort to get oversteer with fwd, or an unusual suspension setup - if you get understeer in the same conditions then chances are you'll be in the field on the other side of the road anyway. There is NOTHING you can do with terminal understeer except wait, keeping your foot in will overcome oversteer, but you need to be brave and have enough space of course

sorry, we're talking about extreme circumstances, but for me at least I'd much rather have grip at the front where all the work's being done than at the back.. if the back tyres are that bad that they are letting go then they want chucking away, not putting on the front IMO

If you have a mix of different sized tyres, what size spare do you carry? Do you have to carry 2 spares?

provided the diameters are the same it won't be a problem, no different to having a skinny "spacesaver".

you need more space, granted.. but you've also got to be making a proper effort to get oversteer with fwd, or an unusual suspension setup - if you get understeer in the same conditions then chances are you'll be in the field on the other side of the road anyway. There is NOTHING you can do with terminal understeer except wait, keeping your foot in will overcome oversteer, but you need to be brave and have enough space of course

sorry, we're talking about extreme circumstances, but for me at least I'd much rather have grip at the front where all the work's being done than at the back.. if the back tyres are that bad that they are letting go then they want chucking away, not putting on the front IMO

Totally agree:D On a different note anyone know how to make 4x4 oversteer?

so who do you guys reccomend for tyres? as my usual tyre fitter cant get Toyo T1R's or Eagle F1s only sport contacts at £90each. Im near oxford so any good fitters or cheap online places other than black circles?

Totally agree:D On a different note anyone know how to make 4x4 oversteer?

Stiffer rear suspension and/or antirollbar, and/or more mechanical grip on the front