Matching tread patterns?
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Matching tread patterns?
Finding it very difficult to find matching tread patterns for my stock '99 c5.
I've decided to go with pilot super sports on the rear, and pilot sport 4's on the front. They aren't the same, but close enough I guess...
I've decided to go with pilot super sports on the rear, and pilot sport 4's on the front. They aren't the same, but close enough I guess...
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you will be fine, I have ran drag radials on the rear and regular street tires on the front of my car for nearly the whole time I've owned it and it has never posed a problem... I see cars all the time that don't have 2 tires that match
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I am kind of **** about that too but my alternate set of wheels are OEM zo6 wheels with mix matched tires and you would never know it from driving it....the other set is 5 spoke with Michelin pilot super sports on it.
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Yeah makes sense. The issue I have is that the super sports don't come in the 17" size for the front wheels. Conversely, the pilot sport 4's don't come in the 18" size for the rears. Guess that's the excuse I need to buy new wheels.
