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Old Mar 18, 2018 | 09:37 PM
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Since the front and rear tires are different size, how do we rotate the tires? My C300 MY 2017 has 18 inch wheels and the tires are Continental.I really appreciate your input.
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Old Mar 19, 2018 | 08:06 AM
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Gentlemen,
Since the front and rear tires are different size, how do we rotate the tires? My C300 MY 2017 has 18 inch wheels and the tires are Continental.I really appreciate your input.
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You don't.
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Old Mar 19, 2018 | 02:12 PM
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Does anyone know why the tired are different sizes? Is this normal for different cars?
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Gentlemen,
Since the front and rear tires are different size, how do we rotate the tires? My C300 MY 2017 has 18 inch wheels and the tires are Continental.I really appreciate your input.
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i swap mine from side to side. Probably doesn’t do much but it doesn’t hurt any.
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Old Mar 19, 2018 | 09:38 PM
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i swap mine from side to side. Probably doesn’t do much but it doesn’t hurt any.
Wow, so the tires are bidirectional?
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Wow, so the tires are bidirectional?
the 19” Continentals that I have are.
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Does anyone know why the tired are different sizes? Is this normal for different cars?
The tyre factories find it hard to get the right amount of tyres in the same size manufactured. Added to that, they also have problems shipping to the car factories. Plus sometimes they go missing/bad etc. The when fitting the tyres to the cars, they might get different sizes and that's what they have to use because going back to get the same size tyre would hold up production. So yes it is normal these days. But the real answer is because people want their cars that way.
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The tyre factories find it hard to get the right amount of tyres in the same size manufactured. Added to that, they also have problems shipping to the car factories. Plus sometimes they go missing/bad etc. The when fitting the tyres to the cars, they might get different sizes and that's what they have to use because going back to get the same size tyre would hold up production. So yes it is normal these days. But the real answer is because people want their cars that way.
Tire manufacturer capacity has absolutely 0 to do with why some cars come with staggered wheel set up. Its performance and "trend" driven. Much like why most cars come with 19/20" tires these days...the "cool" factor.
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Tire manufacturer capacity has absolutely 0 to do with why some cars come with staggered wheel set up. Its performance and "trend" driven. Much like why most cars come with 19/20" tires these days...the "cool" factor.
I now see why they say British humour doesn't travel well... BREXIT must be exacerbating things...
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I now see why they say British humour doesn't travel well... BREXIT must be exacerbating things...
Yea, if that was an attempt at humor, I totally missed it. LOL
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