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I'm going to buy tires for my Opel Vectra b 97 fwd. I've been driving with 4 205/45/17 but now I've found 2x205/45/17 and 2x215/45/17 used. I know that there will be a little difference in the height.
Is the ABS going to make problems because of the different tire height between the front and the rear. (If I put the wider/higher tires at the rear and the smaller tires at the front)?
based on the results from the site : https://tiresize.com/tyre-size-calculator/ the 205 is 857 revs / mile and 215 is 844, which gives a 1.52% difference - will this affect the abs - probably as a wheel only has to slip a small amount for traction control etc to react.
My personal feeling is to not purchase second hand tyres, you never know how they have been treated : kerbed, internal damage etc
