bnallz28

im thinking about putting 285/35/18s nt05's in rear of my 98 z28 camaro and a cheaper tire in a 245/40/18 in the front to save some money and get better wear life. i have staggered 18's. is this ok? what are the negatives?

1BAD02WS6

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there are no negatives, unless your that concerned with how it looks

MYSTIC-1SC

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You shouldnt havent any problems.

1998MysticZ28

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yeah, it looks weird though

tripblackls1

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really? wow
to op if your going to do any cornering i would be very worried about understeer

bnallz28

what do you mean by understeer?? ive never had a good performing tire...always stock 245/50/16's all around...im getting some new staggered mrr gt-1 hypersilvers 18x8.5 in front and 18x9.5 in rear...super excited about those but since im spending a $900 on the rims im trying to get by without taking huge hit in the wallet with the tires. so i figure ill get the widest good looking and best performing tire in the back and get something cheap up front. im a conservative driver and get spirited coming off on ramps but other than that i dont do a lot of aggressive cornering.

agenthol302

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you wont have any problems i havent had 4 mathcing tires in 2 years and i drive the corners hard alot and never had a problem

allout06

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If u go with a cheap tire in the front that can't perform as well as the ones in the rear, the rear tires are gonna wanna push the fronts in the corners possibly causing traction loss in the front. don't cheap out on tires....

bnallz28

any suggestions for some tire/brand combinations of a new tire set that will get me performance and the wide aggressive look in the rear without spending more than $600? i want 245/40/18's up front and 285/35/18's in the rear...i will go with a matching set but i just dont know that there is an affordable performing tire out there? thats why i want to spend my money on the rear and get by in the front.

fccs

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lol are you guys serious who are saying blah blah with problems? I have never run all 4 of the same brand tires once. I had all 4 same brand when I bought the car on, that was it. Really none except looks, I put good brand new tires up front but I always get whatever for the rear since they only last me 2months anyways.. hell, probably about 75% of everyone on this entire forum has different tires out back, whether it's brand or size or BOTH!

TTLS1GP

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Agreed ^^^

I have Falken 615's out back and feds out front (cuz I'm cheap). No issues. Run many cars this way.

6spdchevy

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you can always buy used tires to get you by lol i've never bought new tires EVER lol and never had problems but i dont buy used crappy tires i buy good tires like i picked up 2 goodyear F-1 Eagle Supercar tires 295-35-18 w/ like 6-7/32 tread for $150