Safe to run different left and right front tires?

JunkyardDogg · 04-05-2016, 06:12 PM

Related to my recent front right flat tire, I was planning on replacing it with the same Continental DWS but it looks like they no longer make the 235/35/19's. Is it a problem to go with another brand of that size or do I need to replace both fronts?

dannyhavok · 04-05-2016, 06:31 PM

You really don't want to have different levels of grip/traction on the same axle, I'd replace both.

Gohan335i7 · 04-05-2016, 06:41 PM

☝🏻️ What the above mentioned. Agreed.

JunkyardDogg · 04-05-2016, 06:45 PM

Nm I found the size I need. So it's the same tire, but this will be new. The other tire has about 6K miles on it. Will this cause any issues?

sea6speed · 04-05-2016, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by JunkyardDogg

Nm I found the size I need. So it's the same tire, but this will be new. The other tire has about 6K miles on it. Will this cause any issues?

Probably not, though there will be a slight difference in traction and circumference. Not really noticeable unless the older tire had a lot of wear in 6K.

Efthreeoh · 04-05-2016, 08:55 PM

No. But it is okay to run different right and left front tires.

Pierre Louis · 04-05-2016, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by JunkyardDogg

Nm I found the size I need. So it's the same tire, but this will be new. The other tire has about 6K miles on it. Will this cause any issues?

I did this with my current Michelin PSS's needing a new tire with about 6K on the other one. The car started to wander a bit. The best wheel alignment guy around here told me his BMW did the same thing. Its gotten less evident now that I've got a few more miles on it, but you may not like the instability. Maybe its because the PSS's are "twitchy" to begin with. I wouldn't go near a setup with different front left and right tires.

PL

Ravenseal · 04-05-2016, 09:48 PM

Nooooope

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JunkyardDogg Captain 90 Rep 664 Posts Drives: 2011 BMW 335is E92 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: NJ iTrader: (0)	Safe to run different left and right front tires? Related to my recent front right flat tire, I was planning on replacing it with the same Continental DWS but it looks like they no longer make the 235/35/19's. Is it a problem to go with another brand of that size or do I need to replace both fronts?
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dannyhavok Lieutenant 133 Rep 514 Posts Drives: '11 E90 328xi 6MT Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Victoria, BC iTrader: (0)	You really don't want to have different levels of grip/traction on the same axle, I'd replace both.
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Gohan335i7 Captain 312 Rep 766 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Florida iTrader: (0) Garage List 2010 335i [10.00]	☝🏻️ What the above mentioned. Agreed.
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JunkyardDogg Captain 90 Rep 664 Posts Drives: 2011 BMW 335is E92 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: NJ iTrader: (0)	Nm I found the size I need. So it's the same tire, but this will be new. The other tire has about 6K miles on it. Will this cause any issues?
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Efthreeoh General 17315 Rep 18,737 Posts Drives: The E90 + Z4 Coupe & Z3 R'ster Join Date: May 2012 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	No. But it is okay to run different right and left front tires. __________________ A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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