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21st June 2007, 20:40
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mixing tyre profiles
is this illegal?. ie have 50 on the back and 45 on the front.
cheers sean
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21st June 2007, 20:46
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East Anglia
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Car(s): (broken) mk1 Saxo VTR, MG ZS, BMW 3 Series
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Can't see why not as long as they're all on legal tread.
But why would you want to?
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21st June 2007, 20:52
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should be ok but dont know why you would want to do that, its not like a drag car 
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21st June 2007, 20:54
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lol, asking on behalf of a friend. hes trying to save money.
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21st June 2007, 21:01
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nope its not illegal.
You'll get some funny handling characteristics though.
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21st June 2007, 21:28
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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shouldnt think the car will handle as good as it should cant believe a diff size tyre will be that much more expensive ...
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21st June 2007, 21:49
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it's legal bud as long u have the same profile along the same axle eg 50 on back both sides and 40 on front both sides
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21st June 2007, 22:20
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when i got my car it had 60 on the front and 55 on the back  same with richie and a few others off here...... madness
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21st June 2007, 22:33
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It is fine as long as they are the same profile say front and same back. It will not be being different size wheels though.
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