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Originally Posted by Steve
Since you are not the only one that seems to be planning to run a staggered tire setup I wanted to give my 2 cents on this aswell,
As far as looks, I am in complete agreement that this cars body work demands a staggered setup (which I think is the main reason people are looking as getting a staggered setup). If aren't too worried about taking this car around corners at high speeds on the track, you can probably stop reading and order your wheels/tires.
As far as handling, I personally would not even consider putting a set of staggered tires on this car until,
1. I drive this car and get a feel for the car balance (which as far as reviews go so far is that it is perfectly neutral) because...
2. Not enough, if any at all, thorough testing has been done with staggered tire setups to see exactly how this is going to affect the cars balance. It is pretty much guaranteed that the car is going to either tend to understeer, or oversteer more once a staggered setup is put on this car. I think logically the car will probably tend to understeer since with the added grip the back end will stay more planted, although I read that the staggered setup on an s2k produces more oversteer (and that a non-staggered setup on extremely common on japanese tuned s2k's.)
I'm pretty confident in assuming that the 86/BRZ, a sports car built solely for handling and driving feel, is sold with a non-staggered tire setup because it is optimal.
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(1) I plan to drive this car as my daily driver, I dont plan to track it.... getting the tail to swing when turning = $200 fine here in Australia... and Im too old to attract attention too.
(2) 225 is stock Rear tyre, bumping it to 245 makes a difference but its not ridiculous.