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Old December 19th 2002, 11:35
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VWfan53... as far as using higher aspect ratios in the rear, that is a cal look trend. That is not optimal for handling. You want to try to keep your tire diameters even in height. So if you would like wider tires in the rear, take note of most sports cars (ie Porsche, etc), they usually go to a lower aspect ratio in the rear.

So if you go 185/55/15 in the front
then the rear should be 215/50/15 Not 60

If you go 60, you will have a big littlle tire combo like a cal look bug.

richiep... another recommendation for your front tires would be to use a wet weather tire in the front & a dry tire in the rear. These wet weather tires usually have large grooves in them to plain thru water. I believe Pirelli has come up with a setup like this, where they use a wet weather tire in front & an assymetric tire in the rear. This allows the car to plane thru water better.
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