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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 12:43 PM
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in using larger tires, what you gain in speed, don't you lose in acceleration? does that really make your car "quicker"?
It does in the quarter mile if you're making enough power to need to shift to 5th gear!

5th in an Evo sucks.
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 01:05 PM
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This is good info!

Noize this is off topic but welcome back to the Evo X world. You sold the Blue X, got a Bmw and now you are back in Phantom Black! What happened to your BMW?
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 01:14 PM
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I have Michelling Pilot Sport AS Plus and even though they are rated 245/40R18, I freaking rub my inside wheel wall at the front wheels when I do a full steering turn either to the left or the right. So a 45% wall size will rub those plastic wheel walls for sure during full lock on turns.
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 01:14 PM
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255/40R18's also rub on full lock on stock suspension depending on the offset... another buzzkill
So if you're going for it choose a non aggressive offset like 9.0+29.
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 02:57 PM
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that moda will easily spin to 8200, bang off that 127mph! lol
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by junction
This is good info!

Noize this is off topic but welcome back to the Evo X world. You sold the Blue X, got a Bmw and now you are back in Phantom Black! What happened to your BMW?
There's a thread about it a few posts down.
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by raytrix
I have Michelling Pilot Sport AS Plus and even though they are rated 245/40R18, I freaking rub my inside wheel wall at the front wheels when I do a full steering turn either to the left or the right. So a 45% wall size will rub those plastic wheel walls for sure during full lock on turns.
Originally Posted by FLK
255/40R18's also rub on full lock on stock suspension depending on the offset... another buzzkill
So if you're going for it choose a non aggressive offset like 9.0+29.
OK, where the heck are they rubbing? We need to fix this.
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 03:56 PM
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