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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 02:31 AM
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Originally Posted by c5vetteguy
Need to know both front and rear tire sizes, exactly, no guessing. As 8VETTE7 mentioned you need a difference in overall diameter between the two. If all tires are the same size (or very close to it), then that's your problem.
OK. I'm 95% sure these are the sizes. I don't have the car at the moment so can't actually verify, but I put the same tires on my other vette. Fronts are 245/45-17, rear are 275/35-18. I didn't think there was that significant of a difference between the two.
Just compared on Tirerack's website and the 245s are 25.7" to the 275s 25.6". Is that enough of a difference to cause the problem?
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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 09:07 AM
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Yep, there's your problem! Your rear tires are smaller than the fronts. You need to have larger diameter tires in the back, anywhere from 1/2" to 1-1/2" larger than the fronts. If you put 275/40-18s in the back, you'd be OK.
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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 12:35 PM
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Ok... that's settled, now did the OP get his TPMS working?
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