Autox and daily wheel tire setup

[Racecomp Engineering]

Your first year autocrossing...just go have fun and focus on the learning part. Since you got your car used, get to know it, get the maintenence up to date, and get comfortable.

A 17x8 with 225 Michelin Pilot Sport 4s or Conti ECS is fun as hell...but not going to to win you national trophies. Something like that for now and as your street set up for later if/when you step up to a 17x9 with 255 competitive tires.

Just an idea.

- Andrew

[Irock]

Originally Posted by cjd

Save up and do it right the first time. T2 or KW V2 are certainly quite good options and also do well if you DO run them where roads are salted. There are plenty of other options - lots of this available over in the Track/Autox section here.


If you really want to go in at $1500, keep an eye out for something used, or consider the options Yosh provided.

I didn’t even think about how salt would affect them.

[Irock]

Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo

If you’re going to go with cheap coilovers, I’d get ST XTA coilovers. They’re the only cheap set that are TUV approved and they’re made by KW. A good alternative would be the CSG coilovers by Tein.

Thanks for the suggestions I’ll look into those.

[Yoshoobaroo]

Originally Posted by Irock

I didn’t even think about how salt would affect them.

The ST bodies are Galvanized (vs Stainless on the KW branded ones), so they should hold up against corrosion too.

I've had 2 sets of them in humid-ass Florida right by the beach. Everything rusts here. Stainless parts I've made at work that aren't passivated rust in hours when exposed to the outside air. I haven't seen any rust on my ST shocks in a total of 3 years on them.