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Old 03 November 2004, 11:47 AM
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Question Change in handling, grip, ride after fitting 18's? Much better/worse/indifferent?

PFF7's going on an 04 WRX (PPP)

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Old 03 November 2004, 12:00 PM
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Better, more so with Prodrive springs and geo. May wanna play with tyre pressures, I run 33F and 31r on STi. A tad more tyre noise but better turn in etc.
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16s are the way to go
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As STIdreamer said, turn in was improved (coming from 16s).
Grip I can't really comment on as the tyres were so very different, quality wise.
I do find myself constantly steering round drain covers and small imperfections, that I would have previously ignored, as the ride is a little crashier.

IMO the benefits outweigh the negative points . . . . . . they do look the danglies
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I've got 18's on my 2003STI, No issues with noise etc..

I run 32F 31R and roundabouts are soooo much fun..


Tyre choice was the biggest change in feel... the bridgestones always tram-lined when 75% worn, where as the Toyo's are fantastic.
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Originally Posted by flat4
16s are the way to go
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Old 03 November 2004, 01:22 PM
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I run PFF7's on my 03

What I will say is the tyres I have on now are F1's and I wish I had stuck with Toyo's regardless of comments on here about F1's. I belive (and it is my opinion) that they Toyo is a much netter all round tyre than the F1.

I can't remember what mine ran like on 17's as they were chaned within 3 weeks of having the car so I was still running in (Nasty standard wheels - YUK!)

Hope this helps

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ihave run 15" 16" 17" and 18" on my wagon on track i prefer 16" and for the road 17" i found on my wagon 18" wrecked the handling of it this is only my opinion plus the tyres are cheaper LOL
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