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About 4 years ago, I went to 5" wide fronts with the oem 175/55 rear tires and 6" rears with 195/50 Bridgestone RE-11. The RE-11 is a fairly high performance (sticky) tire which I thought I might need for pulling the jetski up the launch ramp, but it wasn't really necessary. Car has behaved fine for 4 years.
Fast forward, just replaced worn out rears with new Kumho all-season AST's in 195/50. Car is terrible: stability control is coming on during turns on an occasional basis and high speed (60 MPH) stability is terrible. Although I'm not getting a warning light for stability control at high speeds, it actually feels as if the rear brakes are working as if in corners. Dimensions of the two different tires are supposedly the same. Ideas, or does anyone have experience?
Fast forward, just replaced worn out rears with new Kumho all-season AST's in 195/50. Car is terrible: stability control is coming on during turns on an occasional basis and high speed (60 MPH) stability is terrible. Although I'm not getting a warning light for stability control at high speeds, it actually feels as if the rear brakes are working as if in corners. Dimensions of the two different tires are supposedly the same. Ideas, or does anyone have experience?