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Changing 2 front tires instead of all 4? Also where to go?

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VinylxScratches said:
I can't, my two back tires are different age and wear! Can I get by winter with changing two front? Why can't I??
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OP, I'm in the same boat as you and here's what I'm doing:

1) Buy two tires which are the same make/style as your current tires (Did this, they're ~15ft from me right now)

2) Call shop and make an appointment (Done, going in tomorrow)

3) Have shop replace worn out tires with new ones, then have them move the rear wheels to the front and vice-versa.

BAM! Problem solved.

*Unless you have different sized tires in the back, in which case just replace the two fronts and be extra careful driving. You could also place a 50lb sandbag in the very back to keep the rear tires more planted. 100lbs in the back of our 2WD truck did wonders the single winter we had to drive it.
 
Even though I'm pretty confident in my winter driving skills, I still hate driving during/after a snow storm.

This thread is why.
 
alevasseur14 said:
Even though I'm pretty confident in my winter driving skills, I still hate driving during/after a snow storm.

This thread is why.
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Snow tires - the difference between hitting the car in front of you, or stopping in time and getting rear-ended yourself. 😛
 
it never snows here, so my answer based on that is sure, i do it all the time. i buy my tires in pairs about 6 months apart to help ease the cost on them. while i see snow at least twice a year when i take my kids up north, i rarely have issues since i roll nice AT on my truck and have chains if needed. the most i see here is a few inches of water.
 
CraigRT said:
Stupid idea.
The handling characteristics can be so different you will end up in a ditch.
Been there, done that. All four same, or stay off the road.
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Having differant tires in the front vs the rear will not put you in a ditch. Driving like an idiot will do that, no matter if you have all 4 the same tires or 4 differant ones.
 
Marlin1975 said:
Having differant tires in the front vs the rear will not put you in a ditch. Driving like an idiot will do that, no matter if you have all 4 the same tires or 4 differant ones.
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If you have snow tires up front, biting really well in the snow, and regular tires in the rear, not so good in the snow, you can very easily take a turn and have the rear tires let go while the fronts remain planted. Way back when I was younger I tried the 2 tire only method. Totally unsafe!
 
CraigRT said:
If you have snow tires up front, biting really well in the snow, and regular tires in the rear, not so good in the snow, you can very easily take a turn and have the rear tires let go while the fronts remain planted. Way back when I was younger I tried the 2 tire only method. Totally unsafe!
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And as been said many times, even in this thread, the best tires go on the rear. My DWS, snow, are on the rear and my weaker snow tires are on the front.
 
put new ones in rear, put existing rear ones in front. if you put the nicer ones in front it is much easier to swap ends.
 
I always put my new tires on the front on my FF vehicles when I can't afford four new ones (or don't need them, which is more often), have never had problems. This would not be the case if I lived in a place that got snow/ice though. My front tires always wear 2-3x faster than my rears with FF cars, so that has something to do with it too. I don't ever drive with bald tires obviously.
 
If you can find them (unfortunately they've been discontinued) try and get some Continental ContiExtremeContact's. Great All-Season tires. Don't like a couple of other of Continental's tires, but, the "Extreme's" are really nice for All-Season's....

Chuck
 
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