Newest tyres front or rear (RWD)?

Newest tyres front or rear (RWD)?

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Flippin' Kipper

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638 posts

181 months

Monday 21st September 2009
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The two front tyres on my car badly need replacing, and I have two tyres on order to be fitted on Wednesday. My question is this, should I put my current rear tyres on the front of my car and the new tyres on the rear or just replace the front tyres with the new ones?

The car is RWD and the current rear tyres will need replacing in the next few months anyway.

Flippin' Kipper

Original Poster:

638 posts

181 months

Monday 21st September 2009
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Dracoro said:
What's the car?

Nearly all RWD cars I know of have wider tyres at the rear so not interchangeable.

If the same, put them on the rear but if you've got to replace those soon anyway, why not do all at once as you'll often save money (I get 5/10% off if I buy all 4 tyres at once rather than 2).
RX-8 think they are all 225/45 18