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<blockquote data-quote="RMT" data-source="post: 206852" data-attributes="member: 6069"><p>Congrats on the car......hope it arrives sometime before the snow flies. Suggest that you track once with the stock tires and then you will have a baseline to compare any changes. I think you will find the difference "transformational" when you lose about 10 lbs per corner. Even just getting rid of the runflats should result in a noticeable improvement. No, I haven't heard about anybody using these sizes yet, but not sure the "trackies" have really go ahold of the cars yet. I would have moved to 18" rims, but not sure of the fit yet, but I suspect that they will and the aftermarket will come up with a good set of 18" rims for these cars. That will open up more tire choices and pricing should be better. If you can get take offs, that is great but you shouldn't run this tire size up front as you need a rim width of at least 9" instead of the stock 8.5". I have ordered rims with a 9.5" width for the front and 12" width rim for the rear. Since I am only adding a total of 20 mm tire width, both front and back, only really adding 10 mm to the outside and inside of the wheel assembly. I doubt that the factory left less than 10mm clearance anywhere and with the wheels being slightly small I am pretty confident it will be fine. If there is any rubbing, I suspect it will be very limited and only occurring during full lock parking lot maneuvers. I think there will be track pads available soon from the aftermarket. Will let them sort out any issues, but I don't think that it will be that big of a deal for the big brake players to figure it out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RMT, post: 206852, member: 6069"] Congrats on the car......hope it arrives sometime before the snow flies. Suggest that you track once with the stock tires and then you will have a baseline to compare any changes. I think you will find the difference "transformational" when you lose about 10 lbs per corner. Even just getting rid of the runflats should result in a noticeable improvement. No, I haven't heard about anybody using these sizes yet, but not sure the "trackies" have really go ahold of the cars yet. I would have moved to 18" rims, but not sure of the fit yet, but I suspect that they will and the aftermarket will come up with a good set of 18" rims for these cars. That will open up more tire choices and pricing should be better. If you can get take offs, that is great but you shouldn't run this tire size up front as you need a rim width of at least 9" instead of the stock 8.5". I have ordered rims with a 9.5" width for the front and 12" width rim for the rear. Since I am only adding a total of 20 mm tire width, both front and back, only really adding 10 mm to the outside and inside of the wheel assembly. I doubt that the factory left less than 10mm clearance anywhere and with the wheels being slightly small I am pretty confident it will be fine. If there is any rubbing, I suspect it will be very limited and only occurring during full lock parking lot maneuvers. I think there will be track pads available soon from the aftermarket. Will let them sort out any issues, but I don't think that it will be that big of a deal for the big brake players to figure it out. [/QUOTE]
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