jumping350 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 sorry if its been on here somehwere so dont flame me My possibly attendance at Grasshopper depends on it Rota GTR 18 inch (dont know any width etc) was running 255/40/18 on back and 235/45/18 on front no problem swapped fronts today for same 235/45/18 can i put 245/45/18 on rears now?? and be ok with TCS also will they fit on a Rota GTR rim ok?? Thanks for any help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Really to keep it within the spec you should have hot 235/40/18 but try it out see what happens. You might be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumping350 Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 (edited) fronts are same its the rears im changing so going from 255/40/18 to 245/45/18 says width of my wheel is 18x9.5 is that for all four wheels??if thats the case then they will fit as the fronts are 235 so if they go on ..the rear will guess its the rolling radius bit on the back then compared to the front?? Edited January 11, 2013 by jumping350 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 You'll also get oversteer much more easily as you'll be reducing the amount of stagger front to rear. Worth bearing in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumping350 Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 (edited) You'll also get oversteer much more easily as you'll be reducing the amount of stagger front to rear. Worth bearing in mind. Yep know that and bridgestones not what I want to be heading into icy wkend with,they only temps for month so as long as rr is ok im happy Edited January 11, 2013 by jumping350 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 I can see your point, but if you know the weather is going to be bad is it really a good idea to risk £10K worth of car by putting on not-good-in-the-wet tyres and increasing oversteer? Get some decent ones and put them on a credit card, has got to be cheaper than your excess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumping350 Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 i know were your coming from Dan and yes very good point about risking it, though i dont have a credit card unfortunately and didnt get paid at christmas so extremely tight january for me....with oil change/plug monday and 4 wheel alignment doesnt make it any easier have to do it really as im down to the cord on one edge of the rears so cant take car out at all The tread on the bridgestones are far better than the ones on the car so technically im being safer Thanks for making my conscience tick though, i did have a complete winter on bridgestones 2 years ago with snow ice and almost wrote the car off going down a hill so im well aware of how pants they are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 The REO50s are fine in the wet, ice & snow I never had a problem over 3 winters with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumping350 Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 (edited) you may like them SMD i just never trusted on the 17s i had so dont have much love for them on the 18s im sure will be fine just car will be more twitchy than it has the past 2 years ...stable as a rock! Edited January 12, 2013 by jumping350 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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