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Old 01-12-2005, 03:10 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by drdave
if I can only get summer tires, then I may be "forced" to get a second set of rims and run a staggered 275/295 set up...that would be terrible.

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Why not pimp and go 22" for the summers... if you're gonna get a second set of rims run the winter tires on stock rims and get some new dubs with wider tread to get off those 255 pizza cutters

(yes, this is tongue in cheek in part because I did the same thing on a 1987 Ferrari 328 - went with a slightly wider than stock tire because it improved handling and gave the front a little more bite to help wrestle the understeer out of the car a bit more... more width = more tread = more grip = less push in the front for that car at least)

But seriously - I wouldn't buy a second set of the OEM rims if I went for a second set of rims on this car
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