Merry F'n Christmas to me/ F Goodyear!

KStromberg said:
Yeah, totally agree there. Definitely match the diameters on the back. I guess I was always under the assumption that the traction control on our cars gets temperamental when different tire heights are used on the front compared to the back when beyond a certain percentage, apart from the whole issue with mismatched tires on the back of a RWD car.

If the tire height of your spare matches the height of all 4 tires you are running, it doesn't matter where you put the spare for temporary use. I have found that a full size spare works well in this case. My current spare tire is an old drag radial. Kind of stupid LOL, but I can put it on any corner of the car if I get a flat and the tire height is only off by 2 tenths of an inch. It'll look wacky as hell on the way to the tires shop but it'll get the job done and I don't have to mess around with swapping tires around. :)

Now IF that 2 tenths of an inch between both rear tire heights is enough to mess up my differential if it happens to be a rear tire that goes flat, I will surely change my ways! I guess I haven't had the chance to test out that theory but I would imagine it would have to be more significant than that.
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taller in the back. if the tires are mismatched, and the back is taller, you will be ok.
 
I had a Spool with 4:56 gears in my Challenger back in 1989 and had to throw a spare on the rear to get to a gas station. If ya let go of the steering wheel the car would dart for the ditch or a curb so fast it scared the hell outta you.

I miss that car :steering
 
Hope the rest of your Christmas went better. I run a little larger dia. and wider tire in the back and it seems to allow a little more spinning before the traction control kick in with no other adverse affects that I have noticed. Plus I have always liked the look.
 
One flat tire is just the start it seems?

Didn't go anyplace yesterday so it sat in driveway as I looked for rear tires cheap. Go out today and pass side front tire is low o air :rolleyes:


I fill it and then leave, as soon as I hit the connecting road the car hits me with traction control :eek:

So from filling the font up to correct pressure I am guessing it tripped the TC cause the rolling diameter was changed enough to freak the car out :(

Was gonna get home and throw that tire and it's matching on the front but as I get home it started snowing hard enough that not doing it now. Guess I'm driving the pick up for a bit now.
 
chris2523 said:
dang. but anyway, just turn the TC off.
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Easier said than done as it's not something you remember to do every time you go to drive someplace. Main problem is when it lets you know it's on you have to slow down in traffic to turn it off.

Waiting for it to stop raining so I can go out and swap tires today :shifty:
 
So pull tire out of trunk to put air in it and see where the leak is at?

Other spots in sidewall were just letting air straight out.

Looks like I may be selling the Octi's to get money for the 17x9 rear tires :cool:
 
How old is that tire. Sidewall is dry & cracked. A bubble like that usually happens when someone hits a curb or a deep pot-hole.
 
Psychostang said:
How old is that tire. Sidewall is dry & cracked. A bubble like that usually happens when someone hits a curb or a deep pot-hole.
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They came with the car so really don't know how old they are. Don't think they are that old and I drove on that one for some distance as it was going flat so :confused:

I think if it doesn't rain or anything today I will take pics of the car as I do a sensor lowering. Way to much space with the 17's on the front now looks wise.
 
Look at the side of the tire, where it says DOT. The last four digits should be the week of the year/year. For example 2909, would be the 29th week of 2009.
 
Psychostang said:
Look at the side of the tire, where it says DOT. The last four digits should be the week of the year/year. For example 2909, would be the 29th week of 2009.
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The rear tires on my stock rims are freakin ancient, I looked at the year they were made when I got the car and saw they were from 2004..just shows how little the car was driven between 2004ish and the time I bought it, they have tons of tread but are dry rotted..if I end up using my car next winter id say they'll have to be replaced, don't want it to turn out like his picture of a blown out sidewall.
 
So looking at tires I have on front of my Mark now. 7"x17" rims and they have 245/45-17 tires on em. Rear rims are 9"x17" so I'm not thinking 245/45's will look quite right at this point?

Also looked at date on the tires on my Conti's and the manufacture date is U97 on the tire. I think they are a wee bit old :slam
 
I bought a set of tires from bestusedtires.com for my jeep last summer. Tires + shipping with 90% tread were 1/4 the price of new. Never looked for 18 or 19 inch, maybe they have something for you guy's with the bigger tires.
 
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