Same tyre with different tread, will this matter ?

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ryanwhite19

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Hi guys, i recently bought to new tyres online for my new alloys. They are both goodyear eagle f1 tyres in the same size and profile but they have arrived and one has a different tread pattern to the other? Will this make a difference when they are on the car? I presume the compound is the same and they should react the same under driving conditions. Is tread pattern just to expel rain ?
 
Check production dates on the tyres,
I'd be questioning the seller if one is 5 or more years old.
 
ryanwhite19 said:
Hi guys, i recently bought to new tyres online for my new alloys. They are both goodyear eagle f1 tyres in the same size and profile but they have arrived and one has a different tread pattern to the other? Will this make a difference when they are on the car? I presume the compound is the same and they should react the same under driving conditions. Is tread pattern just to expel rain ?
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Personally..I would only put them on the back, not the front due to possible difference of water expulsion especially when there's heavy rain
 
fixit man said:
ryanwhite19 said:
Hi guys, i recently bought to new tyres online for my new alloys. They are both goodyear eagle f1 tyres in the same size and profile but they have arrived and one has a different tread pattern to the other? Will this make a difference when they are on the car? I presume the compound is the same and they should react the same under driving conditions. Is tread pattern just to expel rain ?
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Personally..I would only put them on the back, not the front due to possible difference of water expulsion especially when there's heavy rain
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That,s good sense :thumbsup:

On a more OCD level the knowledge that i had different tread pattern on each axle would disrupt my karma :cry:
 
You've probably been given one directional and one asymmetric.

Usually the directional go on the front, and the asymmetrics in the rear.

Personally I wouldn't mix tread patterns on one axle.
 
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