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QUOTE (mi645 @ Dec 30, 2013 - 11:56 PM)

>wider tires will kill ur performance in speed. not in handling, if u have a 5sfe do not run 17s lol u will lose tons of speed but if ur running 3sge with 17s it won be too bad, im not running 235/45/17 i lost maybe 10% speed but my handling is much better but i think 17x71/2 with 225 is the perfect size for our peformance handling without much speed loss
Lack of acceleration still ruins handling, since cornering is only acceleration in a different direction. On light, low-power cars like ours it is absolutely noticeable when a large increase in unsprung weight, i.e. heavy wheels/tires hanging on the suspension, occurs. The added grip is nice but grip is useless if the struts can't mate the tire to the road correctly.
This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Dec 31, 2013 - 7:54 AM