Tyre help please

[Darren]

maybe wrong forum but anyway.

have a couple of slow punctures on my car at front and am currently running 195/45/r16's all round.

wanting to know if its ok to put
205/40/r15
or
205/45/r16
or
215/40/r16
or
215/45/r16

and continue with the 195s at the back?

is any of these combinations ok or not work? :S

 

[Djw John]

Teh wider new tyres would be better at the back tbh mate

205/45/16 would probably be the best

 

[thedoc]

I concur, 195/45/16 up front, 205/45/16 at the back if you have to... stick to 16's

 

[Darren]

ok cheers jus thought that as the drive was at front that is where the wider tyres (more grip) would be needed.

 

[jooliona]

always need most grip at the back i thought. its probably open to debate tho

 

[Djw John]

If you have less grip at the back your more likely to lose the back end which is harder to correct than the front end slipping out

 

[R3OBC]

make SURE you keep the rolling radius the same though, or it confuses the hell out of the ABS / EBD stetup.............but seeing as i have just noticed you have a CUP............it doesnt really matter lol..Rob.

 

[Darren]

no. no ABS for those "oh sh*t!" moments lol. back end slipping out doesnt matter too much, managed to get a beamer through the winter ok with lots of good fun/brown stain moments lol

 

[Andy_J]

no. no ABS for those "oh sh*t!" moments lol. back end slipping out doesnt matter too much, managed to get a beamer through the winter ok with lots of good fun/brown stain moments lol

Clio's go without warning tho (in the wet) and beemers u just expect it!

 

[Darren]

true

 

[sh33n]

Putting wider tyres at the front would be illegal, so you would have to swap them around.

I kept with 195 / 45 / 16s and found they give plenty of grip.

 

[Darren]

is it illegal? never knew that cheers

 

[chammyman]

no its not illegal.

Only illegal to have 2 different sizes on the same axle apart from in an emergecny.

Thus you cannae drive about for 6 months on a space saver!

Thousands of fwd cars run wider tyres on the front on the road, especially the drag queens.

 

[Djw John]

Yeah as chammyman says

 

[sh33n]

Thousands of fwd cars run wider tyres on the front on the road, especially the drag queens.

I was pretty sure it was illegal, name some cars?

 

[Darren]

i knew you couldnt have different sizes on same axle but didnt think it mattered whether bigger at front or back