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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 01:00 AM
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Can i run the tires like this. Ive only got 2wd so if i can run different treads I would really like to it will probably save me 100 bucks. I wanna go trxus mt's in the back and probably bfg at's in the front 33's all way round.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 01:01 AM
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sure can, no problem other than looking different.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 01:16 AM
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ok awesome thanks. Thats what i figured couldnt see there being a problem. The guy at the local 4x4 shop said otherwise though just looking for the extra dollars lol.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 01:33 AM
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The only other problem I can see out of this is when it comes time to rotate you cannot do a full rortation but other than that it would be good I cannot see it hampering anything.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 01:53 AM
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That was my concern, was the rotation. Other than that, it is perfectly fine to mismatch as described.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 01:23 PM
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oh yeah never even thought about rotating them. I dont drive alot though and i'll probably be gettin a little car this summer i hope so i'll be drving even less, so rotating wont be an issue to often. I may go with 4 mt's now thinkin about that.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 02:15 PM
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I've always had 4x4s and same with my father, but my uncle (a retired mopar mechanic) always had 4x2s in upstate NY. He always had a pair of studded "snow tires" on the rear in winter that not only had a much deeper, more aggressive tread, but also were not even radials. He'd swap them out in late fall/early winter and then in spring, would remove them, put the fronts on the rear and place the "summer radials" on the front, that gave him his rotation too...
 
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