i know this might be in the wrong forum, but.. need help really soon

what do u guys think of getting 2 different sets of tires for the same car...
(ie 2 michelins and 2 pirellis.... 17 inch btw)

is it bad for the car? would it look really funny?

reason is i plan to get used tires for my other car.. and getting set of 4 same kind used is very rare...

thanks....

 

it will not look funny, I think most people won't notice it... well depends on what you drive, too I guess. But if two of them is directional and two of them is not... then it will look funny.

By useing different tires front/back... you will upset the balance of the car and sorta induce a handling bias, depends on which tires got better tractions...

 

I don't think it would look bad. Like SL1200MK4 said, most people won't even notice.

But what *is* bad is the handling characteristics with two different tire compounds/tread designs on each end of the car. Almost every major tire manufacurer and tire dealer will recommend against it. Sure, they're in the business of selling tires, but the tires are engineered and designed to work as a set of four. If you go hard into a corner and the rear tires have less grip than the front tires, you could find yourself in an unexpected spin, or worse. That's why most places even say you need snow tires on all four tires if you switch over. Even though for traction only the drive axle needs snow tires, for handling the rest of the time (like when the roads are clear), different compounds will make the car do different things.

Keep all four tires the same.