evo V gsr. I have 225/45/17s on it right now.

my two front tires need replacing but I am poor. I have a friend that has 2 tires with the size of 235/45/17. a little wider

would it be a problem to fit these on my front wheels?

QUESTION. would wider front be better or wider rear if I went with these tires.

BOZZ speed evo has a little wider tire up front. has anyone ever hear of this? any suggestions?

I'd like to get these 2 ties because they are so cheap and will do the trick for now. 235 should be ok, right? for front or rear? thanks!

 

Considering weight shift during launch, rear would probably be better. A wider front would be more helpful if you were trying to induce oversteer though. You should have NO problems increasing your tire width by 1cm. If you rubbed at all (even at wheel lock) I'd be suprised.

My personal feeling: go for it. You have nothing to lose. You could always swap your fronts and rears, right?

 

those tires have a very different diameter than your current ones. isn't that going to smoke your center diff?

is the evo v different in this regard somehow? i know know most AWD cars can NOT use two different sizes for that reason....

if i remember right, the bozz speed evo uses the same size tires on different width wheels f/r. and even if it tire itself is a different width, i'm sure they matched the diameters fron and back...

 

how would that smoke a center diff? got same size tires fitted. thanks for the replies

 

they're not the same size...

not only are they wider, the sidewall will be taller, making the overall height taller...

not good IMO...

 

a wider tire with the same aspect ratio (45 in this case) is a larger diameter. remember: aspect ratio is the height of the sidewall, measured as a percentage of the width. so a 235/45 tire is going to have more sidewall (45% of 235mm) than a 225/45 tire (45% of 225mm), which is going to give it a larger diameter.

using tires with different diameters at either end means your axles will be turning at different speeds, which the center diff is not meant to do. that's what causes the damage.


front or rear wheel drives cars dont have to worry about it, since their axles aren't connected.

 

He is right. He is totally right. If you do this, expect for your center differential to burn up. I got 101.25 for the 225/45/17 and 105.75 for the 235/45/17. With 4 millimeter overall diameter difference will you see problems? Probably. Also, if the 225's that you are leaving on the car are also pretty worn, expect them to be more something like 225/43/17 which would lead to more problems. I wouldn't even go as far as to put 2 new tires on with 2 older ones or even mix up manufacturers. Keep it all the same and rotate them. Here is an example. My jeep had 33X12.5X15 inch Super Swamper Boggers on it. My best friend was running 33X12.5X15 BFG Mud Terrains. We measured both of them when they were both new (we bought them at the same time) and my Boggers came out at 33 and 1/4 inches high, while his BFG's came out at 32 and 1/2 inches high. Granted, these tires are way bigger than what you will see on an Evo, but the theory remains. Just take that info into consideration and shrink it to fit the Evo. The difference will be less, but it will be a difference. It just seems too scarry to me to think about risking it.

Josh