View Single Post
Old 02-15-2016, 12:20 PM   #3
churchx
Senior Member
 
churchx's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Drives: 2014 GT86
Location: Latvia, Riga
Posts: 4,335
Thanks: 698
Thanked 2,086 Times in 1,436 Posts
Mentioned: 53 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Price might be, but weight will not be the same. Narrower tires also have to get less water through threads to not aquaplane. Maybe worth to postpone going wide for when after FI installment?
P.S.
Have you considered profile of 35? Imho that should get you into lower diameter/circumcision size, then stock, no? Check up with some online tire calcs entering stock size and playing with changing desired sizes for tires you want compare them with.
P.P.S.
There is also option of higher ratio FD installment to get back transmission ratio even with larger diameter tires. Though not sure if it's worth doing if you already decided on FI in future. Car also will be lifted a bit with bigger diameter tires (seeing most prefering lowering, not sure if it's wished result).

go a way1: sidewall height is given relative to width (in %), not absolute number like width (in mm). 40% of wider tire vs 40% of narrower one = higher sidewall profile/bigger overall tire diameter/circumsize, hence differences in speedo readings / transmission ratio.
churchx is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to churchx For This Useful Post:
Tectoniic (02-15-2016)