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Old 01-13-2006, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by hayaku
295's all around would depend on the rim width also... technically you are removing some understeer with the square setup.. i'm guessing because i don't know what the offsets are, but your front track should now be wider then the rear.

but i don't know how wide your rims are... which affects how your tires sit on the rims ( straight up and down, slanted out, slanted in). that affects how they perform too...

with bigger tires, you also add on more weight... general rule of thumb: every 10 lbs of unsprung weight = 1 whp regained...

also the cost of the bigger tires is more so with the -4 degrees of camber on the rear, you are wearing out the tire pretty quick as it is...
Thanks Hayaku,
I was looking at doing 10.5" style #87s all around (which I believe are an offset of ET 30, as opposed to the 9.5" #87s, which are ET 45)
Not sure about the weight... and also not sure if 10.5" wheels would be overkill for the front. (Too bad BMW doesn't make this wheel in a 10" width as well... ) And what is 'whp'?
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