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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 11:01 AM
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Okay, so I have a 1995 del sol s model,
I needed a new back tire so I was able to get 2 good tires off a 1993 del sol si. I didn't realize they were a little bigger until I got home I guess they are 14 inch aluminum rims, so my question is would it be okay to have bigger tires on the back and smaller on the front. I think its 175/70/13 on front, and 185/60/14 I want to put on the back. Hopefully some one here knows about this I have no idea if it's okay or not.
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 11:09 AM
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the tires will actually be the same height.
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 11:52 AM
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See attached for difference
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 12:55 PM
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Default Re: Can you put larger tires on back

Originally Posted by kyden
the tires will actually be the same height.
Can you elaborate on that, I mean I rolled the tire up to the other one, it's clearly a bit bigger. So you think it is fine to have bigger tires on the back and it wont hurt anything?
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 01:36 PM
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It should be fine. You don't have ABS right?
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by lobby350
It should be fine. You don't have ABS right?
I don't think, what is it & how do I know if it is there?
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 07:27 PM
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If you don't know you probably don't have it and it makes absolutely no difference regarding the height of your tires. Refer to the chart in post #3.
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 07:29 PM
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It means the overall diameter of the 14in wheel and tire is 2mm bigger than the 13in wheel and tire. Will it look stupid? Yes. Will it affect anything? No.

It means the rear wheels will rotate slower than the fronts. By how much? I really don't know.
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 07:33 PM
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I would assume that if the difference is 0.448% it probably rotates 0.448% slower.
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 07:36 PM
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I would assume that if the difference is 0.448% it probably rotates 0.448% slower.
Missed that. So now we know. Reading 0wnz!
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