mike

I have a 99 Passat with 225/50/16 tires on the 5 spoke A4 rims. I am planning on dropping the car and I dont want the front tires to run (they are little too wide). Do you guys see any problems in running 205/55 up front and 225/50s in the back?

mike

DMoore

I'd love to hear what the vehicle dynamics engineers have to say about that idea. Narrower front tires, on a FWD, should make for pretty interesting understeer. I think their response could be summarized, however, in one word: "Don't."

ChuckH

...try and take really fast. With that setup, your car will understeer like a pig, and you'll end up going straight off the road! Like DMoore said, the answer is "Don't!"

Mark

Different size tires were developed for high speed rear wheel drive vehicles. The front tire is designed for steering and clearing the path for the rear power/torque tires. All front wheel drive vehicles keep the same sizes front to back (ie, SAAB, Volvo, Mitsubishi, ....)

Therefore...don't do it!