Re: Tyres

[Lawrence C Leung <l.leung@juno.com>]

Diffs are diffs. They don't care about different sizes unless they are
locked. You won't damage them if your tires are not EXACTLY the same
size. 

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:33:23 +0100 "Iain Atkinson (ETL)"
<iain.atkinson@etl.ericsson.se> writes:
>Thanks for the reply, I was under the impression that provided the 
>tyre's were the same on each axle then there would be no harm to the 
>diffs, if I were to put P6000's on the front they would still be 
>taller i.e. more tread depth than the rears, I was not going to change 
>the size's, point taken though. 
>
>Regards
>
>Iain
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	ASh [mailto:audi@cpk.lv]
>Sent:	30 November 1999 10:10
>To:	Iain Atkinson (ETL)
>Subject:	Re: Tyres
>
>11:51 99.11.30., Iain Atkinson (ETL) pauda savu viedokli:
>>Hi all
>>
>>It's nearly time to kiss goodbye to my front tyres (Pirelli P600) on 
>my 
>>Coupe Q, any BTDT on Yokohma A520 or A509, how long do they last? 
>Good or 
>>bad in rain, snow is not issue here in Southern UK as we see 2 flakes 
>per 
>>year. These have been recommended to me along with maybe BF Goodrich 
>at a 
>>reasonable price. Size is 195/60/14 HR. This will leave me with 
>P6000's on 
>>the rear on should I just go for P6000's on the front as well???
>
>It's very advisible to use the same tires with the same protector / 
>same
>size on all wheels if you have quattro. Otherwise you risk to damage 
>your
>diffs.
>And P6000 ar good tires... I use them since march, and they feel very 
>good.
>
>
>WBR,
>Armands
>CQ2.2'85
>100Q2.8'91
>
>
>