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      03-05-2014, 03:59 PM   #1
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265/35 square on OEM Rears (Pics)

4x OEM rear wheels on OEM suspension, front camber at ~3.2ish using only camber bolts. ( http://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-42...otorsport.aspx ) Tires are 265/35r18 Nitto NT05.

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      03-06-2014, 12:26 AM   #2
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Looks pretty good!
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nice! this is a first!
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With as cheap as these wheels can be found for on here, this ended up being the most "cost effective" way to get a square setup for the track. Granted these are pretty heavy wheels but until I can get something else these work fine.
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Have you had it on the track yet? If so, how did it feel? Any rubbing?
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Going out on Sunday so I'll let you know what I run into. Hoping for a big improvement over the tiny original front tire size.
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      03-07-2014, 07:50 AM   #7
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Looking forward to your impressions as this is exactly the question i asked a while ago and got no firm reply.
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Impressions from the weekend were very positive.

No rubbing that I could notice. (stock suspension, only using the camber bolts as mentioned above.)

Threshold breaking felt much more solid/confident with the additional rubber on the front.

Entry felt much improved. Perhaps a little more need to use power to finish rotating but only felt this on a couple of slower corners.

I've read that some feel going with the wider wheels/tires in the front reduced road/steering feel but this wasn't the case from what I could tell. A quality alignment definitely helps here.

Of course, these are just my impressions and I'm no pro driver so YMMV. Having said that, I personally won't be going back to the smaller fronts any time soon.
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Sounds like a result then! Do the NT05's run wider than "normal" tires of the same width?
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That I couldn't answer, you'd have to do some digging that I didn't bother with. I sort of just ordered them and hoped they would fit.
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No problem, just wondered if you knew
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