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Opinions required of front wheel and tyre sizes on the 996.1 if your able to assist? I assume some of you guys may be able to offer some thoughts and comparisons.....
At the moment the car (a fairly boggo 996.1 C2) has 8" rims on standard ET50 offset and 225/40 18 tyres together with 9mm spacers at the front and 11" rims ET63 at the rear.
My current geo is 1'20" neg front camber with 1'30" rear.
Car handles well, with lots of front end response and little understeer at "normal" road speeds, though will push on if really pressing on into a corner.
I am looking at buying a set of lightweight rims secondhand, but the fronts are in 9" width ET46 which will need 235/40 tyres I'd have thought?
Opinions and knowledge sought:
What differences in front end bite / traction and handling with the wider rims and tyres?
Will there be less feel through the steering?
Will the car be a bit "traction heavy" and less mobile? One of the things I enjoy is the feedback and feeling of the cars grip ebbing and flowing at sane road speeds...
Car is only road use. Many thanks
Opinions required of front wheel and tyre sizes on the 996.1 if your able to assist? I assume some of you guys may be able to offer some thoughts and comparisons.....
At the moment the car (a fairly boggo 996.1 C2) has 8" rims on standard ET50 offset and 225/40 18 tyres together with 9mm spacers at the front and 11" rims ET63 at the rear.
My current geo is 1'20" neg front camber with 1'30" rear.
Car handles well, with lots of front end response and little understeer at "normal" road speeds, though will push on if really pressing on into a corner.
I am looking at buying a set of lightweight rims secondhand, but the fronts are in 9" width ET46 which will need 235/40 tyres I'd have thought?
Opinions and knowledge sought:
What differences in front end bite / traction and handling with the wider rims and tyres?
Will there be less feel through the steering?
Will the car be a bit "traction heavy" and less mobile? One of the things I enjoy is the feedback and feeling of the cars grip ebbing and flowing at sane road speeds...
Car is only road use. Many thanks