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Dec 17, 2009 | 09:37 PM

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dhays

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Originally Posted by DML85

So am i going to be looking for 245/45/18's like I have now?

From your description of how you use your car, I think staying with stock size is your best bet. It is also cheaper than going to a larger tire.

Dec 19, 2009 | 09:11 AM

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bdblackz

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Originally Posted by dhays

You don't want to mix and match between fronts, or between rears. ie you always want to keep the same tire on both rears or the same tire on both fronts. For Summer or A/S it won't make a difference if you have Summer in front and A/S in the rear. Just keep in mind that your Summer tires are going to have very little grip when the temps get much south of 40 degrees.

You are likely to find much greater differences between performance categories than you are between summer and A/S tires.

This is not true - you should not mix A/S and summer tires between front-rear positions. They can be drastically different in terms of grip especially, and you will change your car's stability by messing with it (which could be very bad).