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Originally Posted by SHWNBRZ
That long wait for the supercharger though. LoL! I'm 20 days into the wait. I'm getting my suspension installed over the weekend...then getting an alignment in a week.
I'm not too too worried about the wheel/tire weight as much...though I'd prefer to go lighter if I can given the budget constraints.
Ended up with the RCE Yellow's, SPC front camber bolts, and SPC adjustable LCA for the rear because the supercharger happened. If the car ran out of the box like it does with headers and e85, I'd have spent the money on a set of Ohlins and nicer wheels. I have to have gold though...unfortunately, the selection for gold wheels aren't plentiful when you dont want to spend 400-800 bucks a wheel. Enter XXR 527/530...problem solved.
Per Tirerack...the weight of PSS 235/45/17's are the same as 225/45/17's. Coming off of 215's, you might be able to feel the change in steering feel if you go straight to 235's. There's that and the speedometer difference with the change of tire dimensions...lesser with the 225's than the 235's. Again, you do end up with the pro's and cons for the said tires.
You could also get better performance when cornering with proper alignment.
For what I'm using the car for, I cant justify spending another $5-6k for the tires/wheels/coilovers that I would like to have. The sub $2k I'm about to spend on the suspension bits, wheels, and tires make more sense.
Besides, dropping $12k in addition to the $27k I paid for the car adds up to $39k...another $2-4k and I might as well have just dropped the money on an STI. Still, the BRZ is not the STI. Maybe down the line...
'08 MX5 is at 36K, '12 Focus is at 64K, and '15 BRZ is at 16.8K miles.
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I'm leaning more towards 225 for the width. The rubber compound on the PSS's has really good grip so going wider isn't critical for a DD with possible track days down the future.
I keep telling myself to call it quits (performance-wise) after I bolt my header on and tune with OFT stage 2 since I have a trd catback and perrin intake on. Although that edelbrock and/or hks v3 supercharger is mighty tempting....