[Phamous]

Hi,

I am getting ready to throw back on my summer wheels and have a few questions. My car is a xDrive model and my wheel specs are:

F: 19x8.5, 235/35/19
R: 19x10.5, 275/30/19

This set-up was fine last year but my rear tires are practically bald right now but front tires still have a lot of tread left.

I was wondering is it okay to just replace the rear tires (same size)? but the thing is my tires are now discontinued (Nankang NS20), so I would have to get the replacement model which is the NS25, so the tread pattern will be a little different.

For all you tire experts out there, do you think this is okay to do or a bad idea?

[328iX]

Yeah it's fine, the pattern doesn't matter, its the circumference of the tire with new tread vs. old tread thats "supposedly" a problem, I don't believe it, but you're good!

If anything it's better because the difference between new and bald is about 10/32 or 8mm and that's your biggest concern

[Phamous]

Originally Posted by 328dX

Yeah it's fine, the pattern doesn't matter, its the circumference of the tire with new tread vs. old tread thats "supposedly" a problem, I don't believe it, but you're good!

If anything it's better because the difference between new and bald is about 10/32 or 8mm and that's your biggest concern

This is how much tread is left on the front tires. If I was able to run the bald tires last year for however long without issues... Getting just new rear (different model) tires shouldn't be an issue huh?

[328iX]

Originally Posted by Phamous

This is how much tread is left on the front tires. If I was able to run the bald tires last year for however long without issues... Getting just new rear (different model) tires shouldn't be an issue huh?

You're fine, there have been many x-drive issues unrelated to tire size, including my car, i got a square set and it still went out at 40k miles, i don't think it's relevant.

Some people say within 1% differentiation

[Phamous]

Originally Posted by 328dX

You're fine, there have been many x-drive issues unrelated to tire size, including my car, i got a square set and it still went out at 40k miles, i don't think it's relevant.

Some people say within 1% differentiation

Thank you bro

[Phamous]

any other thoughts?