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Old 05-31-2021, 06:53 AM   #1
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I run 25mm rear and 15mm getting spacers. I got them on Amazon for a song (with high quality lug bolts too) and they have worked flawlessly for 2 years. I think it makes quite a difference in corner stability.

What size tires are you running? Our stock fronts are 205 but I went up to 225 and that has made the single largest difference in handling I have made (well, its in the top 3 at least lol). It eliminates almost all understeer.

Fwiw, my impact never touches anything on my car. I know it's a tool in every garage but the thing is evil. I have a hard enough time not breaking bolts by hand. And good forbid you try to start a bit with an impact - you'll be cross threaded before you can release the trigger!

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Old 06-02-2021, 07:20 AM   #2
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Meant to get back here but got busy with work.

Ike, I’m running the same 225 front as you and concur on the under steer solution. My early and novice experience is wow, MR cars don’t give you much chance to correct over steer once they let go in a corner with wider tires. I’m relatively new to the car and amazed how well it handles in AutoX, but there’s def a few tank-slippers waiting on the limit— I’ve had two. Which were both probably predictable in hindsight and very exciting, lol. Second and third gear stuff, so not too crazy and I need to play around there more to get a better sense of the limit and over-correcting, if that makes sense.

Never had anything more narrow up front than 225/17 since getting the car four months ago. Used a newish 15mm spacer up front with that and would have kept that along with 25mm in back to try for DD/autoX but I made my cross-thread mistake and had to pull the 25’s off until I get a longer bolt to replace the one I damaged. New tires shipped and 5mmF/15mmR should get some track time this weekend and I’ll report back. Then move back to 15/25 and see how that feels. Wheels are about half an inch wider than OEM.
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