can front tire be taller than rear?

[sixxdeuce]

currently I have 245/40/17's mounted on 8" wide rims in the rear and 215/45/17's on 7.5" wide in front. My fronts have REALLY bad camber wear right now and i do have some understeer going on. I planned on getting wider for the front but I am getting a set of 235/45/17's for free today.

I checked the specs on tirerack and the 235/45's will be .7" taller than the rears. will this be a problem and will it be noticable that the fronts are taller? I dont want to do it if its going to look like crap or hurt the performance in any way.

[IvoryJ30t]

it wont hurt performance but the front will ride .35 inches higher than the rear.

[sixxdeuce]

i just had them put on and they look and feel great, the sidewalls look the same height. they were yokohama AVS S1-Z's , they look pretty good. Only problem is the damn tire shop put one on backwards so its rotating the wrong way and now their shop is closed till monday.

[PalmerWMD]

If the difference is large enough it will confuse your ABS, if you have one.

Fred..

[sixxdeuce]

no abs here, my car is the stripped down model, no sunroof, no abs, no power locks or antenna, and the best part is no OBD-2 crap

[IvoryJ30t]

i was wondering, is there a way to recalibrate the abs unit for staggered tire sizes? ive never done or heard of it before.

[Nismo_Freak]

no abs here, my car is the stripped down model, no sunroof, no abs, no power locks or antenna, and the best part is no OBD-2 crap

Why is OBD2 crap? ... It's very handy when you have a diagnostic problem.

[sixxdeuce]

well, maybe its not crap, I thought it made smog issues more complicated and added a mess of vacuum lines in the engine bay, I have actually never worked on an OBD-2 240 so I cant really say.