tnt823 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Hello all i would like to get some advice on running shorter front tires on the Z chassis. im looking to run 245/35/18 Front and 275/35/18 Rear. which works out to be 24.75" front and 25.58" rear (3.3% difference in height) What would be the effect/ problem of running these tire size? or should i get 245/40/18 which is same height front and rear. what i have find so far for running shorter front tire are faster reaction time, less understeer, etc. but nothing specific to our car. Thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I think it would be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Narrower front tire will increase understeer. Other than that will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namor Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 As has been mentioned the only effect will be reducing grip in the front due to the more narrow tires. The height of the front tires will have basically no impact at all since the car isn't AWD and there aren't any modern electronics like ABS/TPMS/etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 All of this assumes that you are a perfect driver, driving perfectly and operating at the limits of your car's capabilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt823 Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 All of this assumes that you are a perfect driver, driving perfectly and operating at the limits of your car's capabilities. Which im no where near in term of skill haha Following up to the understeer issue, wouldn't the understeer effect of running narrower tires be balance out by the front tire being shorter than rear? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 A Z handles best with equal tire size (height, width, weight) front and back. Any change from that is for looks, or is because you need to run whatever tires fit your car or budget. I run smaller tires on the front because I like how it looks. Name it and claim it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt823 Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 That what i had figured reading different topics on this forum. Yes a bit of both. I do love the staggered look. And i got a set of wheels from a friend (9" and 11") that i plan on running with the Z. the tire size mentioned are already on the wheels with plenty of meat left. My concern is that i don't want to sacrifice too much handling for look/budget. But from the response so far from you and others, i should be fine since the car will likely be a weekend/ fair weather toy. Even if it became a occasional track car, then the understeer could still be corrected by other measures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Yeah, just put more air in the rear tires and less in the fronts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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