Question About Running Diff Tire Sizes In Rear

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Jul 20, 2009 | 10:44 PM

beanx

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Question About Running Diff Tire Sizes In Rear

Recently had a blowout on one of my tires in the rear, im running 17's in the front and 18's in the rear so i cant really swap the rears to the front. I found a friend who has a spare tire that is a 275/40/18 that he will give to me for free, the other tire in the rear is a 275/35/18 will this cause any problems if used as a temporary fix until i can save up cash for a new matching tire? The car wont be used on any long trips anywhere, just around town to get me back and fourth from work and such. I figure it cant be worse than running a doughnut right?

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Jul 20, 2009 | 10:54 PM

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I would think that it would be cool, its such a small difference and if its just short trips, def better then the doughnut.

Jul 21, 2009 | 08:26 AM

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Your limited slip differential will HATE you. . . . Not worth destroying the diff over that.

And IIRC the owners manual says to put the spare tire up front, so that both rear tires are the same OD.