Mixing brands of winter tyres

[Darth Paul]

Quick question. Can you mix brands of winter tyres safely? Mytyres delivered some falken rears for my 330 but now the fronts are out of stock. Looking at putting some hankooks on the front.

[Cupramax]

Different grip levels could prove interesting, but doubt it'll really make that much difference...

[jon-]

Providing you understand what's under you, front and rear will be fine. Obviously don't do it across axles.

Depending on the tyres you could see a fair difference in both snow, and warm wet grip so be careful until you fully understand the car.

[Bluebarge]

It will make the same difference as mixing brands of summer tyres, ie not much (assuming not mixing on the same axle and brands are of similar quality - not Linglongs and Michelins), unless really pressing on, which would not be a good idea in wintry conditions anyway. Hankooks front and Falkens rear should be fine.