You are correct -- never, ever mix tire types.

Front tires have everything to do with how your car feels, I am NOT going by "what I've heard" , thanks for the forum technician title though. You really couldn't be more wrong.

OP if/when u get front re11s installed please report back. It will make my day.

Youre about as wrong as you can be on you assumptions too, pretty hilarious.

In my personal experience I have had nitto nt05s out back and re05s up front while I waited for the front nittos to arrive; and the worn out fronts mixed with new nt05s made the car feel exactly like what he described. Two day later... mounted front and the car felt better than ever.


OP take those fronts and report back, PLEASE!!! All though that one is hurting for tread.

keyword: break-in

have to break in the new tires regardless of how awesome they are. in contrast, nitto tires will breakin all throught the life of the tire. :D

As for tires needing to be scrubbed in, I can only speak as someone who has sold motorcycles, not cars. When being trained by Pirelli techs when the Dealership opened an MV Agusta line, the Pirelli techs told us (Sales) to always tell the customer to ride very carefully for the first 100 miles and to gradually increase lean angles on curves to scrub the sidewalls.

Mods please don't lock this thread. :vuvuzela2:

you can buy them in edmonton. they suck, dont you see the op's original problem.

on a side note, there is a thunderstorm warning in the area. i just drove the car home in pouring rain about an hour ago, i am amazed i didnt die since i have the scary re11s on. they have 70 mile on it.

Ok I have an actual legitimate question, if you guys can ignore the troll for a min. I need front tires probably some time this summer, but my rears will be OK. I was gonna get the RE960A Pole Position All Season tires in the front and leave the stock advan sports in the rear. Apparently it's really bad to mix/match tires. Would I be better off getting more use from the rears and then switch all 4 tires at once? The cost of buying 4 tires at once is the problem for me. I could wait a longer time to get all 4 at once or buy the 2 front ones now and the rears when I need them. Thanks :tup:

I have a similar dilemma. I have 6/32" left on my fronts and 2/32" on my rears. I am replacing all 4 (I just ordered Pilot Super Sports and I get them early next week) and will trash the rears and have no idea what to do with the fronts. I hate throwing away things that still have life, but what are you going to do? Can't rotate them, obviously. I suppose it is the price to pay.

I say go for all 4. Never mix tires.

Where did the OP go??? Maybe it's nap time.

Nap sounds good.

What I'm trying to get at is: is it safer to run on mixed tires with good tread or matched tires with low tread?

probably neither, especially on a car like the z. if you have to, at least mix something that is closer in grip level

Thats what I was going for fool ;)

Definitely don't mix/match. The combo you listed will be especially bad... all season up front, summer in the rear... ick.

mustang do you remember how many miles were on the car when you put those hankooks on?