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45 or 50 profile?
SeanStone - 22/4/10 at 02:18 PM

Apart from rolling radius, what are the pros and cons of going for the two profiles?

Is there a better optoin for absolute performance or is teh extra compliance from the 50 a good thing in a stiff chassis such as the 7 chassis


coozer - 22/4/10 at 02:35 PM

65 is better.


jossey - 22/4/10 at 02:51 PM

top speed and Acceleration are a factor to look at.

with 45 profile on my car rather than standard 40, i can do an extra 5 mph top end but getting to 61 mph is longer.

plus my speedo is wrong with bigger tyres.


matty h - 22/4/10 at 03:40 PM

Look at the difference in price 195/50/15 are common size so tyres are cheap.


SeanStone - 22/4/10 at 04:25 PM

Yea, I was more looking at cornering performance.

Rolling radius is something that will be looked at too but primarily I was more thinking about the on road performance and how it affects handling/stiffness etc


Paul TigerB6 - 22/4/10 at 05:59 PM

quote:
Originally posted by SeanStone
Yea, I was more looking at cornering performance.



get some 60 profile on 13" wheels then - simple answer


SeanStone - 22/4/10 at 06:43 PM

I'm running 15's for braking reasons