Nippon

Hey everyone. I recently decided to up from 215/255 to 245/255. I wanted to retain a very close ratio to the 215/45/17s as well as still keep a little stagger. My wheels are 8" front and 9" rear. My supporting mods are the KW Clubsports, Eibach front and rear sway, rigid collars front and rear and roll center adjusters. So far, the car feels great to me. I've had experience with owning and unwieldy 255 square setup, with nothing more than buddy club RSDs but this feels a bit different. There's a lot of disposable front grip/turn in. But not so much that you're constantly making course corrections to keep the car in line. I'll be doing some more tuning with the bound/rebound settings to further soften up the rear but for now, I'm having a great time. My rear sways are currently at their softest settings and fronts at their stiffest.

Has anyone else had any experience with this setup? What were your impressions?

Thanks.

jst2878

Ive had 245/255 on 9” non staggered. WASnt a fan compared to 255 x 4, but considering your 8” rim up front that will numb steering a bit so

Nippon

My thought exactly, on the piece about the numbing. I had staggered wheels in the past and I felt the wheel lose a little feedback when I went to 255s in the past (front). I found a pretty handy chart that shows how 245/40s are almost the same as 215/45s in diameter. I still want to keep an element of stagger with my setup.

What made you not a fan of your 245/255 setup?

P-Dub

MY2000 Ap1 here running 245/255 on 9" square rims, HKS GT coils, AP1 front sway, Ap2 rear sway. Came from 225/255 and I like the turn-in response of the 245s. Was worried that 245s would have too much from grip but it feels great, will probably run 255 square next time.

Nippon

How was the handling for you? You said it felt great. At the limit, how was the behavior? Was it tail happy, neutral or did it still under steer?

RedCelica

At this point sell your wheels and just go square. Even will allow you to rotate front to rear. You may also consider putting your OEM rear bar back on.

Nippon

Thanks Red. It's a sound suggestion but I don't have OEM wheels. I deliberately bought SSR GTV-02s to be staggered. I don't know if I mentioned above or not but I've owned a non-staggered setup. I wasn't crazy about it. I wanted to experiment with an almost negligible smaller width tire in the front to see if I'd get some elements of a staggered setup. Of course with some suspension tuning. I feel as if going non-staggered seems to be the nuclear option for everyone on here. Running a very slightly staggered setup will challenge me in finding a suspension setup to experiment with.

The formula for non-staggered seems so simple. Fat front sway, OEM/thinner rear or No Sway = Profit. I'd rather play a little more with the suspension.

As far as wheel rotation, I'm fine. It's definitely not my daily so tire longevity is a factor but isn't tantamount for me.

Singh_snisen

255 square ftw.

Nippon

lol... you guys, I'm not asking for which one is better. Sheesh... I was asking if anyone has had any experience with a staggered setup 245/255 and what their impressions were.

Singh_snisen

There is not gana be huge difference on 245 front and 255 rears. But u loose the ability to rotate so u loose money by not really using all the tires up. U do get better turn in with a 245 front but loose a tiny bit of grip.