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got shocks?



Wheel/tire combo before:  14x6 ET37 Watanabe w/ Yoko AV-01 195/60 no spacers
Wheel/tire combo after:  15x6.5 ET33 Rota w/ 195/50 tires w/ 8mm spacers in 
front (can't remember tire brands, though I do know that not all of them are 
the same brand)

> Was the tire/wheel size the same before and after and you just needed the
> spacers for the particular wheel?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Toomasson" <area53@validpath.com>
> To: <chris24g@yahoo.com>
> Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 2:03 PM
> Subject: Re: got shocks?
> 
> 
>> This is probably only related somewhat, but when I installed my newer 15's
>> on my grey S (which already had the rears toe'd out), I had to install 8mm
>> spacers in front to clear the 16v caliper (no spacer in the rear). OMG - I
>> couldn't believe how much it increased the steering response. This car
>> already had the shortened steering ratio. Don't know how much the pic
>> illustrates this, but here it is anyway...  :)
>>
>> http://www.validpath.com/images/grey81s/rear.JPG
>>
>> Is it typical for an increased width front wheelbase to generate more
>> oversteer??
>>
>> thx, JT
>>
>>
>> > The shorter wheelbased CRX will be tough to outcorner. I do have a
>> > racer's secret for you though. A friend of mine who races shims the rear
>> > wheels in his rabbit so they are toed out. This makes the car oversteer
>> > very easily. I got to drive it at the track and couldn't believe a VW
>> > could handle like this. Hard in a corner, lift, and the car would
>> > oversteer *immediately* like a RWD car, then back on the throttle (which
>> > is unnatural at first) and it would stop rotating and drift.
>> >
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