Kerry
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Norwich
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driving with 3 18's and a 15 alloy??
18 and 15 on front but same rolling radius, drives fine but someone mentioned my diff 
oh and i know its illegal my alloy is in the boot i just changed it 
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Karnage Corsa
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Registered: 4th Nov 02
Location: Norton, Stockton-on-Tees
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would it not be best to swap the 15 with one of the rears ?
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Kerry
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i was thinkin that actually but then the tyre on the 15 is actually better than my rear 18's if u get me
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Karnage Corsa
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i don't really know a lot about it to be honest Kerry but I have heard it's not good to have to sdifferent size rims on the front and if you are going to do it then do it on the rear, how much is a puncture repair anyhow about £4, get yerself to the garage and get it fixed and there will be no worries for you, Regards Paul...
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Kerry
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its not a puncture its 2 suspicious/malicious holes in my 215/35/18 brand new pirelli tyre wall  my mate at tyre place says its irrepairable and i cant afford a tyre at min kus of xmas ect
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stuyw
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Registered: 15th May 02
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id put 15's on front n put 18's on rear for time being
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Kerry
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if i do that though i may as well put 15's on all round
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stuyw
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yeah ur right, sorry, i probably didnt read the post correctly 
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miles
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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you really want the fronts and the rears the same, for a handling and safety point of view. I imagin if you were to emergancy stop at the moment you could easily spin.
Dont worry about the diff, but if you are, stick the 15 on the back where there isn't one. This would also be safer from a braking point of view.
Personally I'd just stick all the 15's back on.
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p16vlv
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Registered: 15th Jun 02
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just change them all , youll be ok temp.as for putting it on back what if you had a car with wider wheels on back (ie porsche 911) if you had a puncture on front you have to use space saver , you would not get back wheel on front, too wide.
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Kris TD
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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but then dont forget its illegal to have thinner tyres on the back of the car,
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ainsley_brader
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
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dont think it matters if front or rear tyres are thinner or even different size so long as both tyres on the same axle are the same size and construction.
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M2RTY
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Registered: 25th May 01
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quote:
Originally posted by ainsley_brader
dont think it matters if front or rear tyres are thinner or even different size so long as both tyres on the same axle are the same size and construction.
agreed
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