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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 05:34 PM
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Can someone give me the low-down on tires? For example, If i have 285s in the back can i put 275s in the front? Do they have to be the same size, brand, etc.?
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 08:03 PM
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i personnal would stay all one size so you can rotate the tires but yeah u can run 275s up front and 285s in the rear...what size rim are u running?
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 08:19 PM
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The stock Ws6 one which is 17 i believe
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 10:43 PM
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Can you mix and match different brand of tires... for example have bfgoodrich in the front and goodyears in the rear?
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 05:50 AM
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on stock rims then the biggest u can go is 285's...still not really sure why u want to though cause the difference between the 2 sizes isn't a whole lot...of course you can run different tires too
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