I just recently purchase a used Accord with 3 tires that are 195/60/15 and 1 rear tire that is 205/60/15 should I change it out or will it be o.k.?

Any help is greatly appreciated.


Modified by S2000-R at 1:16 PM 3/23/2005


Modified by S2000-R at 10:18 PM 3/23/2005

 

Diameters are about 29mm different, almost 5%. I'd say that's not good. Your ABS isn't gonna like it, & having tires that different across the same axle isn't good at all.

 

The 3 tire that are the same are in the front and 1 on rear driver's side.

But the old tire is on the rear passenger's side.

I never thought it would affect my ABS???

 

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Sorry, I just corrected the tire sizes they are as following:

3 tires at 195/60/15

1 tire at 205/60/15




Modified by S2000-R at 10:19 PM 3/23/2005

 

lol i think you should fix it... think of it like this would you rather have even legs or one leg longer than the other.... it make the car unbalenced created more tire were probably so i suggest fix it befor you have to end up buying new tires from premature wear.. i think it would be worth it

 

I would suggest gettin a new tire to match the 195/50-15's It is not the best idea to have different sizes.

 

You should be o.k.

 

It shouldn't affect handling too much, but I would still change the tire.

 

Having different size tires isn't a bad thing, just make sure they are the same ones on the same axle.

But honestly there is no need for different size tires on a FF car (unless you have drag slicks on ). Buy another tire to match the 3 .

 

on my accord, my front wheel, right now is a 18x7.5 and my back wheel is a 18x8, lol, it looks cool, those wheels are coming off soon but its an interesting look, they match and line up with the fenders perfectly.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by S2000-R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sorry, I just corrected the tire sizes they are as following:

3 tires at 195/60/15

1 tire at 205/60/15</TD></TR></TABLE>Now it's only 2% difference. Still, depending on the mis-match of the tire brand/type, it might still handle weird.

 

i had the same problem i have three tires (225/40zr18) and needed one more but they are on national back order. i was going to get a 235/40zr18 and the installer at tires plus said that is almost a half inch difference and he said it would wear on the tranny. not my .02 but the .02 i was given. good luck

 

my only problem with having different than oem size tires is it affects the speedometer differently. larger tires = a few mph slower than speedo reads.
as for having two different size tires on the your car i would think the car would pull more to one side when driving