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Hey all-

I recently bought a 98 legacy 2.5gt.  I enjoy the car, but I am wondering if the fact that I have two different sets of tires on the car will lead to problems with the differentials.  The tires are the same series (205/60r16 I think) but I imagine that they differ in tread wear.  I've heard through multiple sources that this can lead to differential problems.  Is this true?  I had an Audi coupe with quattro for quite a while and a previous mechanic said it was fine to have tires of differing tread wear front and rear as long as the tires were the same wear L to R, but he also mentioned that with subaru's tread wear is more critical.  Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Paul Bourdon  

Oh, feel free to respond to this via my email:  pbourdon231@gmail.com

thanks.

Paul