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cavalier7
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Posted: 10/03/10
09:17 AM
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Please Help!
My mom has smaller tires in the BACK of her car, and larger tires IN FRONT of her 2004 Chevy Cavalier front wheel drive...(I know--long story...)
The front 2 tires match and they are brand new Goodyear P195/70R14, and the back 2 tires match and they are Cooper 185/65R14 with about 5000-6000 miles on them.
My questions are:
1. Are these tires safe to drive with larger tires in front and smaller tires in back of a front wheel drive vehicle? **We want to give to a teenage driver....**
2. Other than looking stupid can this harm/affect anything on the car?
We cant afford to replace tires right now, so PLEASE don't just say "all tires should match" I know...just cant afford it-- and my teenager really needs to drive the car to work.
Thanks you so much!
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Posted: 10/04/10
03:27 AM
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You've posted this question on a couple of web sites, so I hope you don't mind if I post my reply as well, so other can read it.
The general rule is to put the best tires on the rear. This is to prevent the rear end from losing traction first.
Unfortunately, the P185/65R14's are smaller by 2 sizes than what came originally - and that's an unsafe practice. So putting those tires on the front would be better for the handling, but worse for the loading (potential tire failure).
In other words, there isn't a good answer unless you replace those small tires with the proper size - and I'd recommend you do that ASAP.
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