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Old 10-20-2006, 03:10 AM   #15
z12358
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"Z12358, ouch that hurts about getting wider tires, thats just what I am thinking I need, wider and flatter."

Ed, sorry, didn't mean to be hurtful. Your set-up looks great. It just appeared to me that those (wide) wheels could use wider tires. Or the tires could use narrower wheels. I wasn't speaking about width in absolute terms -- just relative, tire to wheel. I've seen this on many other cars and there are many people that prefer that look. Purely esthetic and personal. Come to think of it, the fact that the tires are stretched across the wheel like that may give you a wider contact patch (even at higher psi) then what you would get if the tire/wheel width ratio was larger.

I also wasn't talking about handling at all. Give those new tires 500 miles before passing judgement.

Enjoy the car!

Z.
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