Tyre Question again!

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PCBung

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 Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Hi All,

My rear tyres are at 3mm and my front are at 6mm both on run flats. Im looking at changing the rears as they are low, but I am able to run: Run-flats on the front with Non-run flats on the back? untill the fronts are worn down.
 
I find the car can be lively enough on 4 identical tyres, would not fancy changing the balance by having different characteristics front and rear.

Having said that, I would not mind doing that on a commuting car, but not on a sports car.
 
A search should show this has been discussed a few times before on here. I guess the sensible answer is to say no don't do it, but a number of people have (myself included for a while) and experienced no problems whatsoever.
 
I wouldnt worry too much. I had runflats on the rear and non-runflats on the front :thumbsup: for a while and the car was fine. Just dont drive like your hair is on fire and all will be ok.
 
i currently have RFT Bridgestones on the back and Toyo T1R's (which were the recommended tyre on on here 3 years ago now seems to be the falkens haha) the toyo' rears lasted 2 years the fronts still have 5mm tread on them and and they have done about 35k now, when i put the bridgestones back on the rear lets go a lot faster especially in the rain you just have to drive with this in mind. What is dangerous is mixing on the same axle. Had the bridgestone rears on now a year and no problems and I do push it quite a bit on back roads. Im thinking of buying a couple more Toyo's when i do more alloy refurb as those fronts dont seem to be getting any lower, If I replace the rears now all 4 should wear out the same time hopefully.
 
I personally wouldnt worry about it but you can look at it like you can get 4 non-runflats for the price of 2 rear runflats so just change all 4 at once and either sell the runflat fronts or keep them incase you need one in the future.

I would happily recomend the Kumho KU-31 as a good replacement tyre, i tend to drive fairly briskly and have led a few of the drive outs, had mine on for about 3k now and am very happy with their performance wet and dry.

I know people bang on about the Falkens but their main strength seems to be that they are cheap.
 
My insurance company weren't bothered as long as they tyres were the correct size and speed rating for the car, just ring them to check.

Also a quick google search brings up some more people on the Kumho bandwagon i thought i was the only one....

http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2878

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When i bought my car it had RFT's on the front only - the tramlining was a complete pig, actaully dangerous if you strayed over the white lines taking corners. I remember once i had to put a full 30 degrees+ of turn into the steering wheel before the car launched itself out of a motorway lane 1 (stupid lorry tyre trenches). Scared my pax and i to death!

This could be just the standard tramlining that people experience, but i really wouldnt recommend it.
 
Up to you really,but I'd never mix runflats with non runflats.Their characteristics are completely different.Just my opinion,but I worked for Goodyear in a former life so maybe I have a more cautious approach.I can be a bit anal on tyres sometimes,but they are are your only contact with the road,so I'd rather not take any chances.
 
I ran my 3.0i with NRFT rears and RFT fronts for a year and had no problems, that included some pretty quick drives as well. I have recently changed all 4 for NRFT and yes it is better as the tramlining has gone but thats about it in my opinion and a slightly smoother ride, but since you sit over the rears I did have not noticed much improvement since fitting NRFT to the fronts.
 
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