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Different tyre brands

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Different tyre brands

Post by pcdee » Sun May 26, 2019 8:35 am

I need two new rear tyres, I have Bridgestone on the front and was thinking of putting pirelli p-zero on the rears.

Both treads will be 1-2 mm different from front to rears, have 6-7mm on fronts.

Would this cause any diff issues since I've just replaced mine I don't want to fork out again.

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Re: Different tyre brands

Post by Reusch » Sun May 26, 2019 12:05 pm

I’m no expert but I’m sure they should all be the same brand

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Post by X5Sport » Sun May 26, 2019 12:26 pm

Ideally they should be the same brand. Getting two different brands to wear evenly and keep to 1.5mm difference could be a challenge too far. The way the tyres behave when rolling will be different too. You might be absolutely fine, but with these damned transmissions it’s like a game of Russian Roulette!
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Re: Different tyre brands

Post by pcdee » Sun May 26, 2019 5:26 pm

Cheers lads, best not mess with the beast.

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Re: Different tyre brands

Post by Dave29 » Mon Jun 10, 2019 4:33 pm

Looked at this extensively, and ended up putting all the same on mine...drives much better as a result

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