Mixing Tyre Tread Patterns

[tufty9]

I can't seem to get the Goodyear Wrangler All Weather tyres I wanted. Therefore the next best choice seems to be Uniroyal Rallye 4x4s. However I only need to replace the 2 rear Toyo tranpath tyres. I have Bridgestone Duellers on front.

My question is - The Uniroyals tread looks totally different to the Bridgestones - Would this matter if I had the Uniroyals on the front, and Bridgestones on back?

http://www.tyre-shopper.co.uk/article.asp?...oyal-4x4-Street Picture of Uniroyal

http://www.bestbuytyres.co.uk/tyreinfo.aspx?id=11553 Bridgestone Dueller

I really don't want to get Bridgestones again!

Any advice or any other tyre recommendations for a 2003 Shape RAV4 very much appreciated. Thanks.

[rav man]

Personal opinion, but as long as you retain the same size you should be ok. Your model is permanent four wheel drive so you should try and have tyres with even wear front to back to avoid transmission wind up.

[anchorman]

Personal opinion, but as long as you retain the same size you should be ok. Your model is permanent four wheel drive so you should try and have tyres with even wear front to back to avoid transmission wind up.

I agree!