Tyre profile difference ?

[BLZ-8027]

I'm planning on putting the rear wheels from my 2000 model onto the front ,and fitting face-lift rears ,this means the front tyre profile will be 55 and the rears 45 ,

I will finish up with ,fronts 205/55/15 rears 225/45/16,

good or bad plan ? shall i just stick with standard face-lift sizes?

Reason i was planning this is to get a slightly wider fitment, to tie in more with the body-kit thats fitted ,

or do i sell both sets of alloys ,and buy some aftermarket wider wheels?
any pointers

[rbuckingham]

I'm planning on putting the rear wheels from my 2000 model onto the front ,and fitting face-lift rears ,this means the front tyre profile will be 55 and the rears 45 ,

I will finish up with ,fronts 205/55/15 rears 225/45/16,

good or bad plan ? shall i just stick with standard face-lift sizes?

Reason i was planning this is to get a slightly wider fitment, to tie in more with the body-kit thats fitted ,

or do i sell both sets of alloys ,and buy some aftermarket wider wheels?
any pointers

widths are fine but the rolling radius between the 2 sizes is to great so you will need to adjust one of the sizes so the rolling radius matchs.

[BLZ-8027]

I'm planning on putting the rear wheels from my 2000 model onto the front ,and fitting face-lift rears ,this means the front tyre profile will be 55 and the rears 45 ,

I will finish up with ,fronts 205/55/15 rears 225/45/16,

good or bad plan ? shall i just stick with standard face-lift sizes?

Reason i was planning this is to get a slightly wider fitment, to tie in more with the body-kit thats fitted ,

or do i sell both sets of alloys ,and buy some aftermarket wider wheels?
any pointers

widths are fine but the rolling radius between the 2 sizes is to great so you will need to adjust one of the sizes so the rolling radius matchs.

what do you suggest ,a lower profile on the front?

[rbuckingham]

yep that or you can increase the rear tyre profile, but might look a little less 4x4 with reducing the front. 5% should be enough.

[BLZ-8027]

Thanks im just utilizing the tyres i have at present ,what will the difference i quoted effect ?

[rbuckingham]

basically the rear wheels will be doing 1.1 turns to the fronts one turn. this at speed can unballance a car. its one of those things like stagger. sometimes you can ignore it and might be ok sometimes you might find yourself in a hedge backwards. for me i like to play it safe so i always keep the stagger and rolling radius the same no matter what.

[BenF]

FWIW I'm running Advan Neovas - 195/50 on the front, 225/45s on the rear with post facelift alloys.

That gives a slightly understeery balance to the car on the limit, and the taller rear tyres give a noticeably 'longer' gearing. Other than that, there are no issues with this setup ( eg ABS ECU )

Next set of Tyres will be the newer Advan Nevova AD08's, but I need to check the sizes they're available in ...