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Rear tires are 94y, front are 94w, Can I swap them?
« on: December 07, 2015, 02:16:38 pm »
Ive had some tires put on the front for MOT and they are utter, utter, utter garbage. Will I be ok to get some decent ones for the front and swap them over?

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Re: Rear tires are 94y, front are 94w, Can I swap them?
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2015, 05:25:19 pm »
Y and W are speed ratings so unless your going to blast down the nurburg ring at 140mph you should be fine.

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Re: Rear tires are 94y, front are 94w, Can I swap them?
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2015, 08:08:20 pm »
errr so does that mean I shouldn't of been doing that on the M1 with these tires? I say me, what I actually mean is my friend. He was doing it.

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Re: Rear tires are 94y, front are 94w, Can I swap them?
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2015, 09:49:45 pm »
those speed ratings are  186mph and 168mph respectivly.  but err call me a spoil sport but you shouldnt be doing 140mph anywhere on uk roads  :fighting:

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Re: Rear tires are 94y, front are 94w, Can I swap them?
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2015, 10:01:26 pm »
Y and W are speed ratings so unless your going to blast down the nurburg ring at 140mph you should be fine.

as previously mentioned, with the speed ratings, they should be more than adequate.

just for some reason on the standard monzas, there is a difference in speed ratings for the 17s and 18s.
you usually see this when you put in your reg in a tyre shop website such as halfords or kwik fit.
they say 17s should be W rated and 18s as Y rated as a minimum.

not had a chance to check the manual but ive always followed those criteria.

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Re: Rear tires are 94y, front are 94w, Can I swap them?
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2015, 11:55:29 pm »
I think it's because of the size of rim they are going on as mine are 18 monza with tyres that are speed rating Y.
My TT mk1 had the same rating with 225 40 17 Y and then I replaced the wheels with 235 40 18 Y F1's.

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Re: Rear tires are 94y, front are 94w, Can I swap them?
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2015, 12:09:44 am »
Ive had some tires put on the front for MOT and they are utter, utter, utter garbage. Will I be ok to get some decent ones for the front and swap them over?

 don't leave the sh*t tyres on the rear, that's asking for oversteer.... And an accident

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Re: Rear tires are 94y, front are 94w, Can I swap them?
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2015, 01:03:16 am »
Ive had some tires put on the front for MOT and they are utter, utter, utter garbage. Will I be ok to get some decent ones for the front and swap them over?

 don't leave the sh*t tyres on the rear, that's asking for oversteer.... And an accident

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Re: Rear tires are 94y, front are 94w, Can I swap them?
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2015, 03:59:50 pm »
Its cool, I do about 4000 miles a month so I get to know the capabilities of the tires pretty quickly.

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Re: Rear tires are 94y, front are 94w, Can I swap them?
« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2015, 07:46:48 pm »
If your running "tires" rather than "tyres" you shouldn't be exceeding 55mph on the road

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Re: Rear tires are 94y, front are 94w, Can I swap them?
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2015, 03:24:24 pm »
If your running "tires" rather than "tyres" you shouldn't be exceeding 55mph on the road

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