I got the Mrs to order me some tyres last week well she was on line and guess what, the wrong size has turned up!

Anyway i now have 2 Falken-542 215/40/16's to replace the worn fronts but ive got half worn 205/50/16's on the rear how will this effect the handling and would it be better to put the wider tyres on the rear?

 

I wouldn't worry about the handling - more so your DIFFERENTIAL

You have to have the same circumference tyre on all 4 wheels on a scoob (or pretty damn close depending on wear). So you can't mix 215/40/16 and 205/50/16's on the same Scoob. Ask any tuner and I'd be suprised if they didn't say the same (unless it was a non standard diff).

Buy new tyres dude...

 

Have a look here

Tire size calculator

There is over a 5% difference with the new tyres, and I guess it will mess up your 4WD system eventually, as c-o-b says.

 

Oh bugger!!! 2 more tyres it is then and a good spanking for the Mrs

Cheers fella's

 

She also appears to have bought you a yet-to-be-released development "upgrade" to the FK 452

It wasn't your missus that *&cked this up was it?

 

LoL good one .....yes indeed i will be running the new top secret pre production run 542's so sssshhhhhhhh, dont tell anyone