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There's more than enough technical/appearance threads on squared setups, so I suggest to share your experience for dd and high performance driving only (track/autox) for this topic.
I've been liking staggered setups for quite a bit for cars with enough power to send to rear wheels as it seems very rational.
But real life experience with two staggered cars I had tells me it has a thing or two to keep in mind while being staggered.
Common belief is that staggered means understeer. Well, yes and no.
When your tires are fresh that might be true, but as you wear your tires fronts will have more/better rubber than rear and that will change the balance. From my experience when you have rears that are fairly worn (but still goid as far as rear indicators are concerned) - it is almost like having different brands of tires front vs rear.
Implications might be pretty bad.
Squared lets you maintain equal layers of rubber front/vs rear if you care to rotate tires.
I.e. if the car is more neutral/oversteer to begin with, overall car balance will stay the same as tires go down to wear indicators.
Personally, I would not go lower tire width that stock. Which in case of 15-17 PP would mean 275 all around.
Going with 275 tire width for front tires should affect steering feel and have other unexpected implications.
So this thread is to share driving experiences.
I've been liking staggered setups for quite a bit for cars with enough power to send to rear wheels as it seems very rational.
But real life experience with two staggered cars I had tells me it has a thing or two to keep in mind while being staggered.
Common belief is that staggered means understeer. Well, yes and no.
When your tires are fresh that might be true, but as you wear your tires fronts will have more/better rubber than rear and that will change the balance. From my experience when you have rears that are fairly worn (but still goid as far as rear indicators are concerned) - it is almost like having different brands of tires front vs rear.
Implications might be pretty bad.
Squared lets you maintain equal layers of rubber front/vs rear if you care to rotate tires.
I.e. if the car is more neutral/oversteer to begin with, overall car balance will stay the same as tires go down to wear indicators.
Personally, I would not go lower tire width that stock. Which in case of 15-17 PP would mean 275 all around.
Going with 275 tire width for front tires should affect steering feel and have other unexpected implications.
So this thread is to share driving experiences.
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