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what front tires work with toyo 555 rears keeping AWD?

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Old Mar 3, 2011 | 03:11 PM
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what front tires work with nitto 555 rears 305 35 on 18'' twists keeping AWD?
Thanks! My pirelli fronts are 5% off.
 
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Toyo? You mean Nitto, perhaps?
 
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235/40/18 will still work at 4.0%
 
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Guessing I should get the same tire model
 
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Guessing I should get the same tire model
yup mismatching is not a good idea on awd.
 
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they don't make that size in the 555r...should i just get the nitto 555?
 
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what about 255/40/18s?? It looks like that is less than 2%
 
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what about 255/40/18s?? It looks like that is less than 2%
that'll work at 1.4%
 
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now the question is...what brand/model tires to get closest tread pattern as possible to nitto 555r
 
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