Direzza Z1 Star Specs
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Originally Posted by AaronCompNetSys,Sep 29 2010, 09:53 AM
My opinion on wider tires are that my 205/225 Specs (S2K) wide ones give me so much grip its getting dangerous for street driving. I find my corner speed with my 225/225 Specs (WRX) set to be enough that I have to restrain myself some times.
I'm a firm believer in that you should not be getting wider tires than you are comfortable sliding in emergency scenarios. Of course, you may be more comfortable than I. If you are petrified of all 4 tires sliding and therefore don't know how to handle it, your tires are way too wide and therefore you are above your safety threshold.
My 2 cents
I'm a firm believer in that you should not be getting wider tires than you are comfortable sliding in emergency scenarios. Of course, you may be more comfortable than I. If you are petrified of all 4 tires sliding and therefore don't know how to handle it, your tires are way too wide and therefore you are above your safety threshold.
My 2 cents
Comfortable sliding in emergency scenarios? WTH?
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Originally Posted by AaronCompNetSys,Sep 29 2010, 05:53 AM
My opinion on wider tires are that my 205/225 Specs (S2K) wide ones give me so much grip its getting dangerous for street driving. I find my corner speed with my 225/225 Specs (WRX) set to be enough that I have to restrain myself some times.
I'm a firm believer in that you should not be getting wider tires than you are comfortable sliding in emergency scenarios. Of course, you may be more comfortable than I. If you are petrified of all 4 tires sliding and therefore don't know how to handle it, your tires are way too wide and therefore you are above your safety threshold.
My 2 cents
I'm a firm believer in that you should not be getting wider tires than you are comfortable sliding in emergency scenarios. Of course, you may be more comfortable than I. If you are petrified of all 4 tires sliding and therefore don't know how to handle it, your tires are way too wide and therefore you are above your safety threshold.
My 2 cents
You shouldn't be pushing ANY tire to the limit on the street. More grip means more safety in the case of an emergency, not the other way around.
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Originally Posted by wowwitsgau,Sep 29 2010, 03:13 PM
Just an FYI, changing the tire width only changes the contact patch SHAPE. The overall contact patch area stays the SAME.
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Originally Posted by Suzukaboy,Sep 29 2010, 03:35 PM
Since I posted the question I looked at the specs and the larger set adds 3 lbs. to each front and 2 lbs to each rear. The larger set adds 1.2 in. Diameter to the fronts and 0.3 in. to the rears. Is any of this significant for a street car?. Thanks for the input so far. I admit I didn't get the emergency sliding thing either.
215/45/17 : 24.62" OD
225/45/17 : 24.97" OD
245/40/17 : 24.72" OD
255/40/17 : 25.03" OD
a 1.2" difference would be significant, but that's not the case. .30" is...something, but whether or not it's significant is up to you.
hope this helps
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Sorry to long post, but I hope someone is actually interested in this, I'll be long winded. Two friends of mine just damaged their cars for possibly this reason, its heavily on my mind 
So here I go.
[QUOTE=PJCC,Sep 29 2010, 01:14 PM]Comfortable sliding in emergency scenarios?
So here I go.[QUOTE=PJCC,Sep 29 2010, 01:14 PM]Comfortable sliding in emergency scenarios?
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Okay, I don't even understand what you're trying to get at.
It seems to me that you're basically saying some people don't know what to do with too much grip, which.... does not make sense at all. If those drivers following you could not keep up with you because they were uncomfortable pushing their car, that's their problem, not the tire's.
In an emergency situation such as braking or swerving, more grip is always better. I've never heard of anybody having an accident because they had too much grip. That doesn't even make sense.
It seems to me that you're basically saying some people don't know what to do with too much grip, which.... does not make sense at all. If those drivers following you could not keep up with you because they were uncomfortable pushing their car, that's their problem, not the tire's.
In an emergency situation such as braking or swerving, more grip is always better. I've never heard of anybody having an accident because they had too much grip. That doesn't even make sense.