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Maria Winslow
 Post subject: different wheel sizes - really bad?
PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:45 pm 
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How bad of an idea would it be to drive from Danville to Chapel Hill with two 16" wheels and two 17" wheels on my Mini?
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Besides extra (likely minimally more than normal) tire wear, the possibility of dragging, and a potential weirdness of handling, I don’t see it having any permanent affects.

If it was me needing to ask this question, I would likely have no issues with doing it unless i thought I was going to drag something on my car.
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Wes Eargle
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All your rear wheels/tires are doing is keeping the bumper from hitting the ground. I wouldn't think anything of it as long as you had the same diameter combination on the same axle.

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Maria Winslow
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:19 pm 
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Wes Eargle wrote:
All your rear wheels/tires are doing is keeping the bumper from hitting the ground. I wouldn't think anything of it as long as you had the same diameter combination on the same axle.


Thanks, I feel better about taking only two extras now.
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Just put the 16" ones on the left side and the 17"'s on the right :wink:
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RobLupella wrote:
Just put the 16" ones on the left side and the 17"'s on the right :wink:


and always turn left.

be sure to thank your sponsors in the post race interview too. :lol:

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Pete Guthrie
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as long as it is front and rear.. it would only look strange, thats all.
a wrx or sti would burn up the awd.. but, in a 2wd mini.. it wont hurt anything front to rear, it would only drive a little bit strange and look odd, but it wont hurt anything..

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If the tire outside diameter is about the same (like in the Cooper OEM sizes 195/55/16 and 205/45/17), wheel diameter makes no significant difference, whether it's FWD, RWD, or AWD.

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