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Is there problem to have 4 different tires?

When changing tire one by one,different tire is used, different brand, some high performance, some regular cheap new tire, will it create problem such as balance, wheel alignment ?

Answer:

Yes, they are notoriously noisy and poor in other respects too.
If the noise started right after the new tires were installed, chances are it's the tires. As the old saying goes; 'you get what you pay for'.
Well if they are different tires, they will probably wear differently and not perform the same. It's best to get the same tires.
As long as it is the same size tire, regular tread, it should not be a problem after having them all balanced and checked for wear, toe in toe out, etc
As long as you balance each tire before it goes on the car you will have no balance issues. Tires don't create wheel alignment problems, they are caused by worn out front end parts or you hit a bump/pothole in the road that messed up your alignment. To answer your question there is no problem other than a not so smooth drive. I myself always run mismatched tires in the rear of my fwd vehicle with the front 2 matching with no problems and a nice, smooth ride. I have tried to mismatch tire brands up front but the car drove terrible so I had to get the front 2 matching. Now you can mismatch the font 2 tires but the tires have to be of equal tread wear and tread pattern but it is harder to do. I know someone that had a fwd drive car with mismatched front tire brands and it drives smooth. My advice to you is to use the mismatched tires you have. Drive your car around for a day or 2 like that and see how it drives. If it drives fine or your not bothered then keep them on (pay more attention to how it drives at highway speeds), if you are bothered by the way it drives make sure the front 2 match and use the mismatched ones in the back and it should be smooth again. Good Luck.

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