My 3008 was using 2 different brand of tyres for front and rear last month. Due to budget constraints, I opt for new tires for front only and being a FF car with turbo, wrong move! Went back and swap the new front to rear and old rear to front (still have 30%). Much better afterwards.

This post has been edited by FarEast92: Sep 7 2018, 09:05 AM

Glad that you got it, as per video above.

Yeah coz the difference with the old tires at only 30% left is too much. I'd rather suggest you to also change that old tires soon though then can put the new replacement at the front because the previous pair is also still pretty new.

Done last week. Now all 4 tires of same brand and batch. Luckily enough budget due to extreme weather now.

Ok thanks! The two types of threads would be directional and what is the other one?

non directional lo.........

there's also symmetry and assymmetry tyre

Rear.

I've met into accident after changing new front tires, 2 days after tire change. Rear of the car slide out because the difference in grip (oversteer)

This post has been edited by akmalrosli: Sep 24 2018, 02:14 AM

Hi . Is it normal for FWD car, when going uphill to be abit slippery on a wet day?

Few days ago I went up genting with my family in Exora. 3 adults + 1 driver (me) + 4 children.
Going up can feel front tyres abit slipping (like wearing sports shoes with threads on floor tiles , that feeling) but my front tyres still have plenty of thread.
And yes it was raining. So I tried to minimise the turbo boost as little as possible.

Going downhill after rain stopped and I felt normal grip . No slippage.

This post has been edited by SleeplessEyes: Oct 18 2022, 12:19 PM

Yes of course. You only got 2 wheel traction and when going uphill, more of the weight transfer goes to the rear hence your fronts easier to slip, furthermore your weight was heavy. It'll be worse if you use poor tires. What tires you got?

Rear new. Always.

Why? Because oversteer is much more harder to control unless you’re an experienced car driver who actually understand car dynamics and had actually experienced or can incur oversteer on demand and not shit your pants.

Typical road-going cars are always tuned in factory for understeer as it’s much easier to recover, but if you made your rear more slippery, it’ll increase the chance of oversteer.