Changing Front and Rear Tires on an '08 Lexus IS 250 RWD?

First some details: The car comes from the factory with a staggered setup. It has P225/40ZR18 in the front and P255/40ZR18 in the rear. When the time comes to replace the tires, is it ok if I install tires from different manufacturers? Each set (i.e front or rear) will be... Read More

  • As long as the tires are in the same performance category and have the same traction characteristics, if not the higher traction tires must go on the rear of the vehicle. (to prevent oversteer) Read More
  • It's no problem what brand they are. The only no-no is putting 2 different sizes on the drive wheels.
  • you can mix mfgrs w/o any trouble. just don't mix sizes on the same end Reference:Mechanic 17 years
  • as long as the sizes are the same it is fine.

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