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Aug 20, 2010 | 05:39 PM

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Tire Question....

Im wondering....because my car tracks alot. I was wondering if putting a skinnier wheel and tire up front, like a 245 tire. Would that make the car ride/handle better? Track less?

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Aug 21, 2010 | 01:50 PM

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WOW....no one??

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Aug 21, 2010 | 03:50 PM

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May make the car ride better, but definetly won't make it handle better (worse if anything).
What are your alignment specs? Are you still running those big wheels in your sig?

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Aug 21, 2010 | 04:04 PM

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No I now have 17x9.5s all the way around. Deep Dish C5 corvette wheels. Just seems like the car tracks really bad.

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a staggered fitment will help out with that, it think.

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it will make it track better but it will handle worse. a 245 is designed for an 8 inch wheel and you are going to stretch it 1.5 inches

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