i installed some of those Touge Factory adjustable wheel spacers (not hubcentric, rabble all you want) and they had a creaking issue when i started driving...went back today and torqued them all down nice and tight w/a real torque wrench and a person to hold the brakes tight (fronts werent tight enough due to the lack of stability when i was installing them the first time)...and put the car back down...and what do i hear? psssssssssss....
i have a leaking tire
no holes whatsoever...so where is it leaking? the mothereffing bead...well i installed the tires so i knew this was coming, one of the wheels they came off of was severely curbed by the previous owner, and the bead was fairly ravaged...but still in tact as they held pressure ok...but putting them on was kinda sketchy...(think ravaged like pam anderson's privates...eh)
but heres my issue, theyre kumho 712's, and i want to know...since the fronts are 215/45/17 and the rears are 225/45/17...should i replace just the 1 front? (tires have maybe 55/100 treadlife left) or should i replace both fronts w/ wider maybe 245, and mount the current rear's as front tires...) so my new setup could be 225 front, 245 rear...what is the best idea? grant help please!
the reason i ask BTW is because i know that some times uneven amounts of wear on same axle tires can be harmful to the car
) then going staggered will cost you more in the long run since you wont be rotating tires at all (cause we all know the camber ordeal in the rear of our S14's)... I woudl just get some 225/45/17 since they are only about 3mm off the stock diameter 205/55/16 (SE's) and put them on the rear, put your rears on the front and save the used front 215 to stick an engine block on or something (used tires sometimes come in handy).