Low offset contet :D
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From: San Jose, Davis
On a FWD car you need the larger tires on the front because those are the drive wheels, because maximizing front contact patch on a FWD car has real performance benefits, and because a rearward stagger like you have there is mainly used to either:
Maximize RW contact patch on a RWD car
Dial in a bit of understeer on a tail-happy RWD car.
Maximize RW contact patch on a RWD car
Dial in a bit of understeer on a tail-happy RWD car.
On an FWD car that already understeers at the limits, even under power, a rearward stagger makes no sense...other than an attempt to look like something the car is not. This is especially annoying to me because the appearance of stagger can be given via offset without actually using differing tire sizes if the look is all you are after.
You are also acting like static alignment is the only thing that is important. That extreme camber alignment can adversely affect your on-the-fly suspension geometry (dynamic geometry?), which you would never know until you were actually driving...even if the rest of the alignment appears to be in-spec when the car is stationary
Now, I've said my piece and I fully understand that each person is within their right to modify their car any way they see fit. Obviously this is more of a cruiser than a track monster and I'm glad you (or whoever the owner is) is happy with the mods made.
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