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Old 03-20-2011, 11:45 PM
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i am in to autocrossing and i am going to be getting wheels soon.

the stockers i am going to keep for autocrossing track tire.

right now the car has kumho asx 245/50-16 .... with any track type, R compound, slick, ect. what is the safest max width tire i can run on stock 16x8 wheels and still go through corners fast?
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really ........ no response


i have heard of 255 50 16
is that too wide to take corners hard
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if you're into autocrossing ditch the narrow 16's... they don't make good performance tires in those sizes, plus wayyy too much sidewall. do a 17x11 all around, or even 17x9.5.




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