tires mismatched front and back
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:40 am
How much do we care if the tires astern are of one brand and tread, and the tires at the bow or of another? Same size and everything, just different wear, treads, and brands.
I ask because Ludwig's fronts are worn on the inside pretty badly, but the rears are fine. I don't want to buy four new tires if I don't have to, and would like to just put the current rears on the front, and get new tires for the rears (or putting new on the front and leaving the rears where they are). But I'm not as enamored of the Hankook RA08s as I once was, given that these seem to have worn pretty quickly--six years and only about 10,000 miles, poor alignment or no, seems pretty quick.
I ask because Ludwig's fronts are worn on the inside pretty badly, but the rears are fine. I don't want to buy four new tires if I don't have to, and would like to just put the current rears on the front, and get new tires for the rears (or putting new on the front and leaving the rears where they are). But I'm not as enamored of the Hankook RA08s as I once was, given that these seem to have worn pretty quickly--six years and only about 10,000 miles, poor alignment or no, seems pretty quick.