plankfarm

My front tires need replacing.
My rears are fine.

I'm currently running KUMHO ECSTA-MXs, but would like to change to something different. But I don't need all 4 to be replaced.

Can I run a different brand in the front than the back?
or is that not recommended?

Nick.

some "tire-heads" may say no but as long as the speed ratings and traction ratings watch up you will be fine.

for something like this i would call up jim@tirerack and see what he would recommend.

s2kpnoy

Bump, I have (1) brand new KUMHO ecsta for sale for cheap if your interested, 225/45/17, if you wanna stick to kumho, let me know, the other tire you can buy from tirerack.

gofast182

If you wanted to be "proper" you'd keep it the same but all you really have to do is make sure you're getting tire from the same group (as listed on Tire Rack) like "extreme performance summer", "max performance summer", etc.

NFRs2000NYC

If you don't keep them the same, you WILL notice some weird behavior. I had (temporarily) a set of new tires on the front, and a different set of new tires on the rear. The car felt....funny.

I would advise against it unless you literally never go above 55 and drive slowly in the rain.

gofast182

Yeah true, depending what you get and how hard you drive, the new pair of shoes could induce oversteer or understeer that wasn't there before.

Billman250

I have tires, used, mint, and cheap.

Call

Langelo DeMysterioso

Call me a tire head. I'd say stick with the same ones.

gofast182

If it were my car I'd go matchy matchy all the way. But that's just me.

orangebarius

the s2k is supposedly very sensitive to tire differences. on most other cars as long as your 2 fronts match and your 2 rears match, you were good to go. the s2k seems to like all 4 tires matching. all of my summer tires match, but my snow tires are 2 different models of blizzaks and they're fine.