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Thanks to the OP for this question. I'm in the very same frame of mind as I consider upgrading tires and/or wheels.
I've been to one HPDE session with the car bone stock; and obviously wasn't pushing the car too the extreme limits, but I didn't like the way the stock tires (Primacy) felt. In fact, I lost traction and spun off the track once. A lot of that was my inexperience, but these tires aren't the stickiest either.
My plans for the car are to stay NA for now, do at least one more HPDE and hopefully 3-4 Auto-x events in 2014. Once I get closer to warranty expiration, I will modd exhaust and tune.
For now, I'm considering upgrading the tires (looking at the Michelin Super Sports as I want a tire that gives better performance than stock, but can also do double duty as a daily diver...can't justify separate track/auto-x set of tires/wheels at this time, so I need the tires to be at least reasonable in the wet as we do get a fair amount of rain here). I've also considered upgrading wheels to 17x8 or even 17x9 with a 225 or 235 width tire.
Now I'm wondering if just going with either a 215 or 225 tire on the stock wheels for 2014 and getting some more events under my belt and then reassess.
My question: at my relative low skill level, is it really going to matter if I go with 215 vs 225 if I stick with the stock wheel? Would anyone experienced advise me to just drive the stock rubber until they're toast and then upgrade to better tire?
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